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    As Puerto Rico Braces For Storm, DHS, FEMA To Move $271 Million To Border Operations

    The Department of Homeland Security will move millions in emergency funds for new detention beds and facilities for court cases. House Democrats slammed the move, calling it "backwards and cruel."
    by Claudia Grisales Aug 27, 2019 4 minutes

    As a major storm heads for Puerto Rico, the Department of Homeland Security and its Federal Emergency Management Agency said Tuesday they will move $271 million in funds to support President Trump's border enforcement efforts.

    The Department of Homeland Security said it will transfer the emergency funds — including $155 million from FEMA's disaster relief fund — to support new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention beds as well as facilities for related court cases, according to documents obtained by NPR.

    In a July notification to Congress about the transfer, DHS said the $155 million comes from recoveries of prior year

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