Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed that six survivors of the wildfire in Lahaina in Hawaii had to trade sexuality and other favors to obtain basic supplies.
The comments appear to refer to reports about female Filipino survivors, one of the authors called the report a “severe manipulation” of the report. politics.
“After the wildfires in Maui, residents expressed concern that every FEMA employee they spoke with had a different answer,” Norm said at a review meeting of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday.
“None of them had a conversation, thus getting help, or in their case any clarity,” she added. “The situation in Lahaina is so bad that one in six survivors are forced to trade sex, while other favors are just basic supplies.”
Tagnawa conducted a study of Filipino female survivors, which pointed out that it was a “Filipino feminist disaster relief organization” in Hawaii. The review included responses from 70 Filipino female firefighters survivors and found that 16% participated in “survival sex in exchange for basic necessities after garbage,” with “landlords”, “employer”, an employer, family, friends, friends and acquaintances. ”
Kristi Noem
Khara Jabola-Carolus, one of the authors of the report, told politics The Trump administration misunderstood these findings.
“I’m more concerned about the overall manipulation of using that statistics is contrary to what the report requires,” she told The Outlet. “It’s like providing funding for FEMA to improve responses to women’s needs.”
The Department of Homeland Security noted in a May press release that the report showed “the neglect and mismanagement of the FEMA under the Biden administration.”
Maui Wildfire Kills 102 People in 2023 (Getty)
“This work of reshaping the agency is not as simple as it should be,” Norm said at the FEMA review meeting.
“Because we are in conflict with decades of serious mismanagement and negligence,” she added. “The FEMA's list of failures is shocking. The scale of these failures is only matched by their longevity. FEMA is sometimes disastrous and sometimes incompetent. Not only in the past few years, but decades.”
Survivors respect those who died in the fire (Getty)
President Donald Trump has been watching the agency’s closure for some time. Last month, he said he hoped states would stop using the agency. The Trump administration has canceled FIFA grants, multibillion-dollar local projects, to protect communities from natural disasters.
Meanwhile, White House officials praised the agency for responding to floods in rural Texas Hills, where 100 people were killed.
