| LegitHyperbole said: America is broken. Hundreds of billions spent on foreign wars but ya can't clean up you own house. I get more saddened for the US every passing year.
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The yearly budget of FEMA is approximately $30b. $640m being spent on migrants didn't bankrupt FEMA. Disasters are just expensive. This is just more "blame immigrants for everything" propaganda.
This is also something that happens with some regularity, because when major disasters hit, they are expensive. Here are some stories about FEMA running out of funds in previous years:
2023: FEMA forced to restrict disaster spending because of low funds - POLITICO
2017: FEMA could run out of cash this weekend | CNN Politics
2011: FEMA funding running short after Irene (youtube.com)
If Congress wants to give FEMA more money, all they need to do is give FEMA more money. It isn't complex, it's just politics.
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