In unusual move, FEMA halts preparedness grant money, orders states to recount their populations excluding deported migr [View all]

Source: CNN

In unusual move, FEMA halts preparedness grant money, orders states to recount their populations excluding deported migrants

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has halted the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency preparedness grants, requiring states to prove their population counts before they can access the money, the agency told CNN.

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States began receiving notices Tuesday that they must now submit a population certification as of September 30 detailing their methodology and confirming that individuals removed under US immigration laws are not included in the tally.

According to the notice, which CNN obtained, “FEMA will rescind the funding hold upon its review and approval of the State’s methodology and population certification.”

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The notices to states were sent hours after a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from diverting similar FEMA grants away from about a dozen Democratic-led states.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/politics/fema-halts-preparedness-grant-money-migrants