Trump Administration Transferred $9.8 Million From FEMA To ICE

Trump Administration Transferred $9.8 Million From FEMA To ICE

This summer, the Trump administration transferred nearly $10 million away from the agency that responds to disasters and emergencies, redirecting it toward one of President Trump’s top priorities — the deportation of undocumented residents of the U.S.

The funds transfer is prompting the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut back on training, IT security and infrastructure investments, according to a document sent to Congress and released by Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.

Merkley calls the transfer “reprehensible,” and immigration advocates say it highlights an alarming shift in priorities, but the White House is adamant that the redistribution of funds will have no harmful effect on the response to Hurricane Florence.

In a briefing Wednesday, a FEMA response and recovery official told reporters the agency has “plenty of resources” to respond to to the storm, currently approaching the Carolinas and Georgia.

“When the people of truth remain quiet against falsehood, the people of falsehood start believing it is the truth.”

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A loathsome reprehensible tyrant.

“When the people of truth remain quiet against falsehood, the people of falsehood start believing it is the truth.”

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When you have a choice between saving lives, taking care of people impacted by storms or incarcerating kids whose only crime has been to accompany a parent seeking asylum (a perfectly legal reason to enter the United States) incarceration wins every time.

"If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." David Frum, Republican, January 18, 2018

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When you have a choice between saving lives, taking care of people impacted by storms or incarcerating kids whose only crime has been to accompany a parent seeking asylum (a perfectly legal reason to enter the United States) incarceration wins every time.

 

Racism trumps humanity. (Pun unintended)

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Perfectly put.

"If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." David Frum, Republican, January 18, 2018

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From CNN:

It’s not just FEMA: ICE quietly got an extra $200 million

As a potentially catastrophic hurricane bears down on the East Coast of the US, the shifting of $10 million from FEMA’s operating budget to fund immigration detention and deportations is drawing condemnation from Democrats.

But that’s a drop in the bucket.

The Trump administration this summer quietly redirected $200 million from all over the Department of Homeland Security to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, despite repeated congressional warnings of ICE’s “lack of fiscal discipline” and “unsustainable” spending.

The Department of Homeland Security asked for the money, according to a document made public this week by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley. Of the $200 million, the document says $93 million will go to immigrant detention, a 3% budget increase that will fund capacity for an additional 2,300 detainees; and $107 million for “transportation and removal,” or deportations, a 29% budget increase.

The move comes as the Trump administration has pursued an aggressive immigration agenda, ramping up arrests of undocumented immigrants and deportations.

In addition to this summer’s widely condemned move to separate families at the border, the administration has drawn criticism for arresting a far greater rate of noncriminal undocumented immigrants and seeking to detain them much longer. On Tuesday, the administration announced it would tripling the size of an emergency temporary tent facility to house more immigrant children.

The additional $200 million would put ICE’s budget for detention and transportation at more than $3.6 billion.

No matter which side of the immigration argument you are on you have to admit that over $3.6 billion of tax payer money is not an investment in the future of the United States.  Right or wrong, certain industries rely on the undocumented to complete their mission.  Considering the situation resulting from Trump’s tariff war and its impact on the economy this makes no sense unless you’re a bigot and are more concerned with hurting people of color than a sound and compassionate America.

"If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy." David Frum, Republican, January 18, 2018

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