Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump used a Monday visit to North Carolina to repeat debunked lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene.
They’ve spent it on illegal migrants,” Trump said.
Second, it’s not true that FEMA disaster assistance money was improperly reallocated to migrants.
But here’s the key: this $650 million pot is entirely distinct from FEMA’s much larger pot of disaster relief funds.
As of last Tuesday, its Disaster Relief Fund had about $8.5 billion remaining, FEMA told CNN’s Ella Nilsen.
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