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Trump and GOP Freak Out About Migrants as FEMA Hurricane Funding Shortfall Looms

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday that FEMA does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season .

Republicans blame the agency's decision to award $640 million in FEMA -administered funds to assist state and local governments in dealing with a recent influx of migrants and asylum seekers, blaming the allocation for the shortfall.

The funds allocated to handle asylum seekers also constitutes approximately 2 percent of FEMA ’s annual budget.