FEMA Providing $600 Million For States To Detain Illegal Migrants

FEMA stated that the program will offer grants to help states cover the costs of detaining illegal immigrants in state-run facilities until they can be transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

“Recipients and subrecipients may use grant funds for the costs of sheltering aliens in a detained environment,” the agency stated. The grant application process will remain open until Aug. 8, the notice said.

The launch of the grant program comes as the Trump administration escalates its efforts to detain and deport illegal immigrants. President Donald Trump announced last month that he had ordered his administration to dedicate “every resource possible” to what he described as the “largest mass deportation operation of illegal aliens in history.” Continue reading…