An ex-FEMA official who was fired over payments to New York City for housing migrants in what critics called "luxury hotels" has sued the Trump administration.
A federal judge rejected New York's bid to stop the Trump administration from reclaiming $80 million in migrant aid, citing a lack of irreparable harm.
Speaking to a joint session of Congress in early March 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that his administration identified $59 million in federal funding that had been spent on New York City hotel rooms to house immigrants living in the country illegally. Elon Musk, an adviser to Trump, made the same claim in the past, as well.