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Army Vet Calls Out FEMA for Prioritizing Migrants Over Hurricane Victims, Takes Matters Into His Own Hands

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Florida GOP congressman and U.S. Army combat veteran Cory Mills chastised the Biden-Harris administration Wednesday for diverting Federal Emergency Management Agency resources for the purpose of resettling migrants who have entered the country illegally.

Mills has been delivering food, supplies, medicine and Starlink communication kits to areas in North Carolina most impacted by Hurricane Helene. He is partnering with Glenn Beck’s humanitarian aid organization Mercury One and Universal Air in the relief effort.

During an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, host Martha MacCallum asked Mills, “What do you see in terms of federal help happening?”

“That’s really one of the missing pieces, which is the federal piece. Let’s go ahead and point out the obvious, which is that FEMA had utilized a large majority of the personnel who should be here taking care of this to be sent and [instead] repurposed, if you will, for immigration resettlement, when we need to be focused on Americans and what’s going on, whether it be in Maui, Palestine, Ohio, Florida, North Carolina or Tennessee,” the lawmaker said.

The New York Post reported, “Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas set off outrage Wednesday when he told reporters that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ‘does not have the funds’ to see Americans through the rest of this Atlantic hurricane season — after draining his department’s emergency kitty this year to address the migrant crisis.”

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“We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have,” Mayorkas told reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling with President Joe Biden to visit storm-damaged locations in North and South Carolina.

“We are expecting another hurricane hitting,” he added. “We do not have the funds. FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season and what — what is imminent.”

The conservative group America First Legal posted on social media platform X that over $1 billion in federal taxpayer dollars have been spent sheltering and caring for illegal immigrants over the past two years in a FEMA-administered program.

Mayorkas refuted Thursday that the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene has been wanting.

A White House reporter noted, “The sentiment, according to my colleagues on the ground from people, is that the federal government is not doing enough to help. Where are they? Where is the help? What is your message to those people?”

“I would say the following, that we are there, and we will continue to be there, and we will reach the most difficult-to-access locations. We are relentless in our efforts to ensure the safety and the security of all,” Mayorkas said.

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On Wednesday, the White House announced it is sending “up to 1,000 active-duty soldiers” to assist in the hurricane recovery efforts.

On Fox News on Thursday, host and former White House press secretary Dana Perino pointed out during an interview with Mills that it had taken the Biden-Harris administration six days after the storm’s landfall to take the action.

“What do you make of that?” Perino asked Mills.

“Well, again you’re talking six days, outside the 96-hour window…In that first 96 hours it’s about rescues. You’re talking about going in helping people within the first couple of days to be able to get them out of troubled areas,” he said. “Now you’re actually transitioning into what will likely be [dead body] recoveries.”

Mills concluded, “I found the entire [Biden-Harris administration] response so far to not only be lacking, but irresponsible and inept.”

Previously, Mills, who served in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, has led rescue missions into AfghanistanHaiti and Israel to evacuate Americans caught in the danger zones.

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Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he began with the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths" and screenwriter of the political documentary "I Want Your Money."
Randy DeSoto wrote and was the assistant producer of the documentary film "I Want Your Money" about the perils of Big Government, comparing the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Randy is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths," which addresses how leaders have appealed to beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence at defining moments in our nation's history. He has been published in several political sites and newspapers.

Randy graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS in political science and Regent University School of Law with a juris doctorate.
Birthplace
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nationality
American
Honors/Awards
Graduated dean's list from West Point
Education
United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law
Books Written
We Hold These Truths
Professional Memberships
Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars
Location
Phoenix, Arizona
Languages Spoken
English
Topics of Expertise
Politics, Entertainment, Faith




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