Trump officials defend decision to send FEMA funds to ICE ahead of Hurricane Dorian.
Trump administration officials said Sunday that transferring $155 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund to Immigration and Customs Enforcement won't affect the federal government's ability to respond to Hurricane Dorian, a massive storm headed for the country's east coast., the Department of Homeland Security notified Congress in July that to increase funding for court hearings for asylum seekers, FEMA would transfer $155 million to ICE.
"Any potential transfers will not impact our ability to respond to this storm or any other storms in the rest of the hurricane season," he said."There are two different elements of the disaster recovery fund. The major disaster fund has $25 billion in it. So, a $155 million transfer from the base fund is not going to affect our ability to respond and recover from a major disaster.
"Congress didn't see fit to provide that funding," he added."So we have to look at departmental sources across that have a limited impact, but will support the ongoing management of that crisis as well."
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