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DOGE begins purge of FEMA by firing officials in charge of finances (lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org)

submitted 6 months ago by redut_nl@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org to c/conservative@lemm.ee

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Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security just fired the officials and agents in charge of finances at FEMA.

FEMA's Chief Financial Officer Mary Comans lost her job after it was revealed the agency paid $59 million to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal immigrants.

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[–] Soup@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fema-halting-payments-migrant-housing-new-york-after-118670265

Here’s a link stating that:

Musk has not shown evidence of this.
The money is not from the disaster relief fund.
The “luxury hotel” part is worded to drive hate when in reality average costs that the organization pays, by deals where it does not need pay full rates, is $152/night.
The costs include other things like security, and only $19mil was related to direct payments to hotels.
If you see anywhere Musk’s Tweet where he emphasizes “LAST WEEK” please bear in mind that the action of getting reimbursed happened then but the money covers Nov. 2023 to Oct. 2024.

The nuanced truth is, of course, of a different sort than the over-simplification.