Elon Musk suggested that FEMA, the government’s federal disaster relief agency, spent millions on hotels for illegal immigrants just last week.
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Thegovernment’sleadingdisasterreliefagencyreportedlyspentmillionsonhotelsforillegalimmigrantsjustlastweek,accordingtoElonMusk,whoisleadingtheTrumpadministration’seffortstocutgovernmentspending.
TheDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE),headedbythetechbillionaire,hasbeenconductingasweepoffederalfundingandidentifyingareasinwhich“waste”withinthegovernmentcanbeslashed.MuskfoundhismostrecenttargetintheFederalEmergencyManagementAgency(FEMA),thegovernment’sdisasterreliefbranchthatrecentlysparkedconcernoverareportedlackoffundsduringHurricaneHelene.
“The@DOGEteamjustdiscoveredthatFEMAsent$59MLASTWEEKtoluxuryhotelsinNewYorkCitytohouseillegalmigrants,”MuskclaimedinapostonXonMondaymorning.
Muskchargedthat“sendingthismoneyviolatedthelawandisingrossinsubordinationtothePresident’sexecutiveorder,”whichFEMAwasunde