The agency is already seeing its budget stretched to the limits in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which struck Florida last week and flooded numerous towns in the southeast, killing at least 190 people.
Mayorkas announced: "We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds. FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.”
He did not specify how much more money the agency will need to carry out its duties, but his comments seem to align with recent remarks made by some lawmakers and President Biden earlier this week that they may need to pass a supplemental spending bill to assist states with their post-hurricane recovery efforts.
Of course, it isn't surprising that the agency is running out of funds after the Biden Harris administration gave $650 million in the 2024 fiscal year to a “shelter and services program” that helps non-citizen migrants in the U.S. and is run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection – not to mention a further $364 million given to the same program in fiscal year 2023.
Interestingly, despite the agency having the words "emergency management" in its name, its website says that its top two goals are “equity” and “climate resilience,” so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that they're not coming through in Americans' time of need.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody shared her dismay at Mayorkas’s comments on Fox & Friends First, stating: “Everyone should be waking up this morning outraged by that comment. This is not something that has just happened recently.”
“So you heard they have taken the FEMA emergency food and shelter program and over time siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars into basically making it an illegal immigrant resettlement program,” she added.
Unfortunately, there is a good chance that another hurricane will strike the U.S. before hurricane season ends at the end of November. We are currently in the high season, with most hurricanes striking in September and October.
So far, more than 150,000 American households have registered for FEMA assistance. In the coming days, this number is expected to rise dramatically as people start to assess the damage.
And while Mayorkas did claim that FEMA can meet the immediate needs of hurricane victims, multiple reports indicate that the federal government has not been stepping up, with the Biden-Harris administration reportedly holding up the deployment of search and rescue teams to help people who have been trapped by flooding.
Hurricane victims to get $750, while U.S. sends $2.4 billion in aid to Ukraine
Kamala Harris recently announced that hurricane victims will receive a meager $750 in the form of a one-time emergency assistance payment to help with their recovery, which is pretty insulting when you consider that the government managed to come up with a new $2.4 billion aid package for Ukraine last week.
The key takeaway here is that the Biden-Harris administration is putting Americans last. The needs of illegal aliens and countries halfway around the world like Ukraine apparently take priority over everyday Americans who are suffering in communities that were essentially wiped off the map by a devastating storm and have nothing left.
Moody added: “Mayorkas has come in like a virus and infected what need[s] to be healthy, strong, fundamental programs to ensure the stability and safety of Americans in times of disaster.”
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