Trump Admin Axes FEMA Employees Behind $59 Million Scheme To Fund ‘Luxury’ Hotel Stays For Migrants

The Trump administration has fired four Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees for sending $59 million in taxpayer dollars to New York City hotels to house and care for illegal migrants.

The firings come after Elon Musk, whose mission is weeding out frivolous spending within the U.S. government through his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) agency, highlighted the price tag in a social media post Monday. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed the firings Tuesday and referred to the payments as “egregious”.

“Effective immediately, FEMA is terminating the employment of four individuals for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury NYC hotels for migrants,” DHS said in a statement shared with the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. “Firings include FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist.”

“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS will not sit idly and allow deep state activists to undermine the will and safety of the American people,”

President Donald Trump created DOGE through an executive order he signed on his first day in office. The temporary agency within the administration is expected to carry out its mission of rooting out government inefficiency and frivolous spending until July 4, 2026, when its 18-month lifespan comes to an end.

The agency has already identified $1 billion in savings through DEI-related contracts and Musk is working to restructure federal agencies through DOGE that could result in