WaPo: DHS moves to bar disaster aid to undocumented immigrants

[allegorical oracle]

Department of Homeland Security is now barring states and volunteer groups that receive government funds from helping undocumented immigrants, according to a Washington Post analysis of updated guidelines and interviews with Federal Emergency Management Agency employees.

Several disaster assistance groups, FEMA employees and emergency management experts said the new requirements in the department’s fiscal 2025 aid contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable people in the aftermath of a disaster.

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“There is no historical context for this,” said Scott Robinson, an emergency management expert and FEMA historian who teaches at Arizona State University. “The notion that the federal government would use these operations for surveillance is entirely new territory.”

The affected contractors include faith-based groups and nonprofits such as the Salvation Army and the Red Cross, which states usually rely on to set up shelters and deliver basic assistance. They often serve communities with large Latino populations, where people often have trouble getting federal aid because they are uninsured or live in multigenerational households so they can’t all apply to FEMA. They serve those who have lost their homes or incomes after a catastrophic event but are not in the United States legally. Such humanitarian organizations typically do not ask about religious beliefs, political affiliation or documentation status when offering aid.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dhs-moves-to-bar-aid-groups-from-serving-undocumented-immigrants/ar-AA1Ll1Yi

[underpants]

1. Does this mean paper towels too?

[dalton99a]

2. NEXT: Noem issues order to ban first responders from helping undocumented immigrants

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4. Just saw on M Joe that two firefighters were arrested as they were fighting

a fire. Didn't catch whether it was ICE or another group of storm troopers making the arrests.

[enough]

3. Another wound to America's soul.

[C_U_L8R]

5. That's what Republican Jesus would do

Apparently, RJ is a real asshole.

[berniesandersmittens]

6. Barring the Red Cross from helping people inside the US.

Unbelievably cruel. Are they gonna bar them from helping people overseas now too?

What's next, stopping homeless shelters and soup kitchens from serving immigrants?