Four federal employees were fired Tuesday over payments to reimburse New York City for hotel costs for migrants, Department of Homeland Security officials said.
On Monday, President Donald Trump's aide Elon Musk posted on X that his team had discovered payments used to house migrants in “luxury hotels” with money intended for disaster relief.
Information from New York City indicated that money it has received to care for migrants was appropriated by Congress and allocated to the city last year by FEMA.
The terminated employees were FEMA's chief financial officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist, a Homeland Security statement said.
FEMA’s acting administrator, Cameron Hamilton, later said the payments were suspended and the employees who authorized them would be held accountable.
