Just heard on The Rachel Maddow Show that Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon has uncovered documents that show that the Department of Homeland Security somehow found itself directed to divert nearly $10 million — yes ten million dollars — from FEMA to ICE (under the direction of Sessions this money is earmarked for “Internment Camps.”)
This occurred after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and killed 3,000 Americans, and before Hurricane Florence is about to hit the East coast.
Yes, there is something very scary going on here, people.
Sessions and Trump may hate each other, but they are killing and harming people together, and many more are at risk every day.
I know this story will get more attention as more details come out. I’m sorry I don’t have more right now, but this just blows my mind. I had to do something.
I will update as more comes in.
(When is Florence supposed to hit land?)
This tweet shows the original documents. (Thanks, Eyesbright.)
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018 · 12:53:43 PM +00:00 · rflctammt
From Texas Monthly, posted yesterday:
Tornillo Tent City Will Expand To Hold Even More Migrant Kids
A temporary child detention facility, which was set up in the West Texas desert during the family separation crisis in June, will expand from 1,200 to 3,800 beds and stay open at least through the end of the year, even though the controversial practice of taking children from their parents at the border has ended, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday.
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018 · 12:59:44 PM +00:00 · rflctammt
So they’re saying the money from FEMA wouldn’t have helped disaster victims anyway. It was just for “travel and training and technology.”
Washington (CNN)
Sen. Jeff Merkley released a document Tuesday showing a transfer of nearly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and accused President Donald Trump's administration of diverting funds from hurricane relief just as hurricane season was starting.
However, the document from the Department of Homeland Security specifically mentions the money would come from the agency's budgets for travel, training, public engagement and information technology work. The department denies that the money came from disaster relief funding.
Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, said on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show" that the administration is taking money from "response and recovery" and "working hard to find funds for additional detention camps."
"I would dispute the statement that this has no bearing on ... addressing the challenges from hurricanes," Merkley said.
And if you read the full article, you’ll find they’ve been scraping 1% from other agency’s budgets to give to ICE for a while now…
Pretty damn scary...