A resurfaced July 1 post from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "bragging" about the use of FEMA funds for a makeshift detention facility nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" has sparked renewed scrutiny, as Texas reels from deadly flash floods that have killed over 80 people.
Earlier this month, Noem publicly praised her decision to redirect federal emergency shelter funds toward constructing a temporary migrant detention camp in a remote Florida swamp. In her X post, she celebrated the move as a political win, contrasting it with previous uses of the FEMA Shelter and Services Program (SSP), which she criticized for supporting "illegal aliens."
