NEW: Trump admin. is pulling $271M in funding from DHS, including FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, to pay for immigration detention space and temp. hearing locations for asylum-seekers, according to dept. officials and a letter sent by a Calif. congresswoman. nbcnews.to/32bu5kv
To fund temporary locations for court hearings for asylum-seekers along the southern border, ICE would gain $155M, all from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, according to a letter from Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, which was seen by @NBCNews.
@NBCNews The allocations were sent to Congress as a notification rather than request, because the admin. believes it has authority to repurpose these funds after Congress did not pass more funding for ICE detention beds as part of an emergency funding bill for southwest border in June.
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