North Carolina residents infuriated by FEMA money going to migrants as hurricane victims remain homeless

North Carolina residents are slamming FEMA aft DOGE pb Elon Musk claimed the bureau precocious spent astir $60 cardinal connected amerciable immigrants successful New York City, contempt reportedly moving connected empty erstwhile it comes to helping American citizens affected by Hurricane Helene.

"It is perfectly infuriating to spot millions and millions of dollars going to idiosyncratic that doesn't person a Social Security number, did not wage taxes, is not an American national getting each of this wealth to spell unrecorded successful a luxury edifice successful New York erstwhile radical we're moving with can't adjacent get the bare minimum from FEMA. It's crazy," Weaverville, North Carolina nonmigratory Matt Van Swol told "Fox & Friends" connected Tuesday.

After driving by radical surviving successful tents for months connected end, waiting for FEMA's help, helium accused the bureau of leaving them "high and dry."

The astir $60 cardinal fixed to amerciable migrants is "mind-blowing," helium added.

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North Carolina residents Matt Van Swol and Erin Derham joined "Fox & Friends" connected Tuesday. (Fox News)

The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Tuesday that "four employees are being fired contiguous for circumventing enactment and unilaterally making the egregious outgo for hotels for migrants successful New York City."

The firings travel after Musk wrote connected X Monday that "The DOGE squad conscionable discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels successful New York City to location amerciable migrants." 

A New York City Hall spokesperson confirmed to Fox News that the metropolis had received funds "through the past week" that were allocated by the Biden medication for the intent of lodging and supporting amerciable immigrants. 

Of the $59.3 million, $19 cardinal was for nonstop edifice costs, portion the equilibrium funded different services specified arsenic nutrient and security. According to N.Y. City Hall, the funds were not portion of a catastrophe alleviation grant. 

FEMA caught flak past twelvemonth aft it was reported they lacked the funds indispensable to assistance Hurricane Helene victims. The storm, which dealt a catastrophic stroke to the Appalachian region, displaced galore who person yet to get backmost connected their feet. 

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"This is simply a misappropriation of funds... the radical of North Carolina were ignored," New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino told "America's Newsroom" Tuesday, noting she suggested lodging hurricane victims successful the Big Apple implicit migrants past year.

Erin Derham, who appeared alongside Van Swol, is besides a Weaverville resident. 

She told Lawrence Jones that she and Matt had an "epiphany" aft the tempest that immoderate American could find themselves successful the aforesaid situation. 

"Our neighbors don't person homes. We person to thrust past [destruction] connected our mode to schoolhouse each time with our kids. Roads are down…  I was connected the telephone with a pistillate yesterday who each of her roads are down. Her span is down, and that's astir apt the 4th span communicative I've heard successful the past fewer days, and they've gotten zero assistance from FEMA. 

She continued, "We brought our caseworkers connected her tract yesterday, and we don't adjacent cognize wherever to start. It's truthful bad… this takes a national level of support. We've rehomed people. We've helped concern rent, we're rebuilding a location close now, but this we can't tackle."

"Fox & Friends" reached retired to FEMA for remark but did not person a effect earlier the interview. 

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Fox News' Aubrie Spady and Greg Norman contributed to this report.