The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on Oct. 3 that it stopped distributing emergency preparedness funds to states until they update their populations in the wake of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
Called emergency management performance grants, these funds “assist state, local, tribal and territorial emergency management agencies to implement the National Preparedness System and the National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient nation,” according to FEMA’s website. Nearly $320 million was allocated to them for fiscal year 2025, with priorities being extreme weather resilience and readiness.
However, nearly all of the allocated funds are distributed based on population data. FEMA has raised concerns about what it called inflated payments, and a spokesperson said on Oct. 3 that the deportation of illegal immigrants, as well as other recent population shifts, have triggered a need for that population data to be updated to ensure proper distribution….
FEMA Suspends Emergency Preparedness Funds Until Population Counts Are Updated
