Puerto Ricans still recovering from a devastating hurricane that killed thousands and displaced even more may see their territory’s disaster funds shifted to what President Donald Trump claims is an emergency at the U.S-Mexico border. Trump is reportedly considering a plan to declare a national emergency and then siphon money from funds used for disaster relief in Puerto Rico, Texas, California, Florida and other states affected by natural disasters in order to pay for his border wall. Puerto Rico is still suffering the aftermath of a hurricane last year, and officials there were dismayed by the reports. “Taking $ from disaster areas to pay for a wall is the egotistical response of a man who gets his way or brings everyone down,” Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz (D) of San Juan, Puerto Rico, tweeted Thursday.

Source: Huffington Post January 11, 2019 17:17 UTC