DHS Terminates Four FEMA Employees Over Unauthorized $59M Payments for Migrant Housing in New York City

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated four Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees, including the Chief Financial Officer, for authorizing a $59 million payment to New York City to house migrants in hotels. These payments were made without proper leadership approval, leading to allegations of misuse of disaster relief funds.

The dismissed employees are accused of circumventing established protocols to allocate funds intended for disaster relief to cover hotel accommodations for migrants. This action has been labeled as "egregious" by DHS officials, who emphasized that such behavior undermines. . .