FEMA funds WERE used for illegal immigrants
Fact / Fiction
In this section we focus on the person who communicated the fact, method, place, time and the EXACT content of the fact. The entire content is audited for truth.
| Spec | Desc | Info |
|---|---|---|
| Who | Donald Trump | Presidential Candidate for Republican Party |
| When | 2024-10-03 | 2024 Election Campaign |
| Where | MAGA Rally | Saginaw, Michigan |
| What | They stole the FEMA money, just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them this season. | Youtube Captions |
Audit
In this section we break down the content into statements that are either true or false, but not both.
| Statement | Rationale | Source of Info | T/F |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEMA Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) has been used to support undocumented migrants | FEMA Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) gets money from the government every year. While some money comes from the regular budget, most of it is extra money that Congress gives when there are really big disasters. DRF has never been used for helping immigrants. | FEMA will only provide $7.. |  |
| FEMA spent a total of $1.004 billion on the Shelter and Services Program (SSP) in 2023-2024 | If this money wasn’t used for migrant programs, it could have been used for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). The SSP, which was set up by Congress in the 2023 budget, is managed by FEMA. In 2024, Congress gave $650 million to the SSP. This program helps pay non-government groups to provide shelter and services to undocumented migrants after they are released from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The goal is to help Customs and Border Protection (CBP) release migrants safely and humanely from short-term holding facilities. | Shelter and Services Prog.. |  |
| FEMA spent a total of $1.047 billion on the Humanitarian Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to help organizations assisting migrants from 2019 to 2023. | If this money hadn’t been used for migrant programs, it could have been used for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). Congress first set aside money for the EFSP in 2019 to help undocumented migrants who were encountered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The EFSP National Board received this money to manage and distribute it. | Emergency Food and Shelte.. | |
Preservation of Source
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| Type | Source | Screenshot | Link | Link Valid Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Youtube.com Video @1hour 03minutes 58seconds |  |
WATCH LIVE: Trump holds c.. | 2024-10-09 |
Audit of Other Fact Checking Sites
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| Site | Check Date | Screenshot | Explanation | Grade |
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| PolitiFact.org | ||||
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| Snopes.com | ||||
| Poynter.org | ||||
| MediaBiasFactCheck.com |