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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Valerie Gonzalez

FEMA launches review of migrant shelter aid, suggesting smuggling laws were violated

US Immigration Shelter Aid - (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Trump administration has launched a review of organizations that provide temporary housing and other aid to migrants, suggesting they may have violated a law used to prosecute smugglers.

The Department of Homeland Security has “significant concerns” that federal grants used to address a surge of migration under former President Joe Biden were used for illegal activities, wrote Cameron Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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