The Department of Homeland Security fired four employees for sending money last week to fund hotels for illegal migrants in New York City, Newsmax confirmed.

“Effective immediately, FEMA [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] is terminating the employment of four individuals for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury NYC hotels for migrants. Firings include FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to Newsmax.”Under President Trump and Secretary [Kristi] Noem’s leadership, DHS will not sit idly and allow deep state activists to undermine the will and safety of the American people.”

The department’s expected move, reported earlier Tuesday by National Review, followed Elon Musk post on X on Monday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) discovered FEMA violated the law by sending “$59M last week to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.”

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