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On the recordOctober 12, 2024
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, as its name implies, should be working on federal emergency management, not resettling illegal aliens that are violating federal law.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana
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nbcnews.com

Editor's note · Context

Mike Johnson argues that FEMA should focus on emergency management rather than resettling illegal immigrants, linking this to declining poll numbers for Kamala Harris.

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