DHS juggles ‘mass deportation’ push with Helene relief, adds $124M after Biden backlash

The Department of Homeland Security released a second round of August funding for Hurricane Helene relief this week, even as the agency directs increased resources toward President Donald Trump’s "mass deportation" framework.Secretary Kristi Noem’s latest $28 million allocation formally offered Sunday brings the month’s total to $124 million in funds from FEMA, which sits within DHS, for the deadly Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend and devastated the Smokies.The funding will go to road repairs and critical infrastructure restoration – which is especially needed in N