By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
The Trump administration shifted nearly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency earlier this year to fund the detention and deportation immigrants, according to documents obtained by USA Today.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., released the documents Tuesday, saying the Department of Homeland Security requested the money as the hurricane season was gearing up.
Merkley said the money is desperately needed in case the U.S. is hit as hard as it was last year by hurricanes.
“It’s almost guaranteed to happen again, so this is just incredibly irresponsible,” Merkley said.
Sure enough, the documents were released just days before Hurricane Florence is expected to pound the Carolinas, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.
The documents also reveal that millions of dollars also were taken the Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard to finance ICE.
