Trump Officials Defend Sending FEMA Funds to ICE Ahead of Hurricane Dorian

The Trump administration decision to send FEMA funding to ICE comes at a precarious time as Hurricane Dorian approaches, but Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan defends the move, no matter the timing.

"Any potential transfers will not impact our ability to respond to this storm or any other storms in the rest of the hurricane season," McAleenan told ABC News "This Week." "There are two different elements of the disaster recovery fund. The major disaster fund has $25 billion in it. So, a $155 million transfer from the base fund is not going to affect our ability to respond and recover from a major disaster."

Dorian was listed as a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane as it approached the Bahamas, but Acting FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor told "Fox News Sunday" there is "plenty of money and resources to deal with the 2017 and 2018 disasters and recoveries and to include response in 2019, this season."

"We live with risk every day," he add. "We assess that $155 million is low risk and is not affecting our preparedness whatsoever for Dorian."

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