As the Trump Administration announced it will shift $155 million from FEMA to fund immigrant detention, and as Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida as a potentially major storm, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nicole “Nikki” Fried offered the following statement:
“The President must be out of his mind if he thinks it’s a good idea to shift funds out of FEMA for immigrant detention at the border while a potential Category 3 hurricane bears down on the United States. Floridians in the Panhandle are still waiting on FEMA help after Hurricane Michael. We don’t need those funds diverted to fuel a xenophobic agenda. I sincerely hope that Governor DeSantis will talk some sense into our Commander in Chief.”
