The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has handed $59 million to a “luxury” hotel in New York City to house illegal immigrants, Elon Musk said Monday.
Musk will lead the Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a temporary government agency within the Trump administration tasked with eliminating frivolous federal spending — said it was His Doge team discovered. A senior White House official said the payments violated President Donald Trump’s executive order and efforts will be made to recover the funds. (Related: Kristi Noem suggests that “corrupted” FBI agents leaked details of the ice attack to corporate media outlets)
“@doge The team discovered that FEMA sent $59 million last week to house illegal immigrants at a luxury hotel in New York City,” Musk posted on X.
“The money is intended to help America with disaster relief and instead spends it on high-end hotels for illegals!” he continued. “Today’s clawback demand will be made to collect these funds.”
Details regarding the alleged payouts are not entirely clear. FEMA did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. And so was a Doge spokesman.
NEW YORK, NY – May 15: Newly arriving asylum seekers will wait in the holding area of the Port Authority’s bus terminal before being sent to an area shelter or hotel in New York City on May 15, 2023. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Former White House Press Secretary, Carine Jean Pierre October Although the Biden administration denied using FEMA funds for immigrant accommodation, in 2022 she suggested that the agency was supporting cities in the immigration crisis.
On his first day back to the office, Trump signed Presidential Order It placed a temporary suspension on refugees resettlement to the United States. The president further pointed out how some major cities, such as New York City and Chicago, requested federal aid to manage the large influx of immigrants that enter their jurisdiction.
The president has also signed an executive order that freezes federal grants and loans as he is conducting a review of government spending, but that order has since. Blocked By the court.
However, New York City officials have a long history of putting illegal immigrants in four-star hotels as they struggle to find accommodation for the vast numbers of asylum seekers gathering in the Big Apple. It’s there.
New York City began housing immigrants in a four-star mass paper mill hotel around August 2023 after being reorganized into a Department of Homeless Services emergency shelter. The five-storey congregation paper mill itself features a restaurant, gym, bar, meeting rooms for guests and a shared space.
The “Chic” Square Hotel has been converted to immigrant housing. Other “luxury” hotels in the Big Apple have been converted to immigrant housing in the past as city officials continue to deal with the immigration crisis, including a row, also known as “four-star hotels.”
“A four-star hotel is considered luxurious accommodation,” says Kayak, a company that provides hotel booking services. “The rooms are remarkably spacious with the highest quality linen, pillow cutless, bathrobes, slippers, minibars, upscale toiletries and equipped kitchens.”
NYC’s Department of Homeless Services reportedly wanted a contract with a local hotel to provide around 14,000 rooms to protect immigrants until 2025. City officials expect spending on immigrants who need housing this fiscal year, exceeding $2.3 over the past two years. A significant amount of these costs are 1 billion on hotel rent.
Big Apple – Sanctuary city jurisdiction with strict laws limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and immigration customs enforcement – has become the main destination for the vast number of illegal immigrants gathered in the United States. Masu. Approximately 230,000 immigrants have arrived in New York since the spring of 2022 According to Data provided by the mayor’s office.
FEMA reportedly directed supervisors to disaster relief workers unfolded in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton to avoid homes with signs of Trump. It was reportedly reportedly been reportedly said to be the case.
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