The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it had “clawed back” the $59 million that FEMA illegally sent to New York City to house illegal aliens in luxury hotels just one week prior.
The payments were revealed by Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) lead Elon Musk in a post on X on February 10.
“The [DOGE] team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants,” Musk wrote. “Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order. That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals! A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds.”
The @DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.
Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order.
That money is meant for American disaster relief…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 10, 2025
The “clawback demand” that Musk mentioned appears to have succeeded, as Fox News reporter Bill Melugin broke the news in an X post on February 12, sharing a statement that he received directly from a DHS spokesperson.
“Secretary Noem has clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels,” the statement read. “There will not be a single penny spent that goes against the interest and safety of the American people.”
BREAKING: DHS says it has clawed back the full $59 million FEMA gave to NYC for migrant hotels, which lead to the firings of several individuals involved.
Statement to @FoxNews via DHS spokesperson:
“Secretary Noem has clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 12, 2025
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed this news just a few hours later, where she also revealed that FEMA had been using taxpayer dollars to fund housing for known members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
“I have clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels,” Noem wrote in a post on X. “FEMA was funding the Roosevelt Hotel that serves as a Tren de Aragua base of operations and was used to house Laken Riley’s killer. Mark my words: there will not be a single penny spent that goes against the interest and safety of the American people.”
I have clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels.
FEMA was funding the Roosevelt Hotel that serves as a Tren de Aragua base of operations and was used to house Laken Riley’s killer.
Mark my words: there will not be a…
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 12, 2025
This news comes after four FEMA employees were fired for their role in sending the $59 million to fund illegal aliens’ housing in the luxury hotels, including FEMA’s chief financial officer Mary Comans, two program analysts, and a grant supervisor.
This is a video of FEMA CFO Mary Comans saying her role is to “ensure the best use of the resources entrusted to us” at FEMA.
Mary was just fired for gross misuse and mismanagement of taxpayer dollars and insubordination after sending tens of millions to criminal illegals. pic.twitter.com/bnAs7yoxU9
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 11, 2025
