So far, President Joe Biden has deployed 1,500 troops to help with the recovery effort, in addition to more than 6,100 National Guardsmen and 7,000 federal personnel. The Biden-Harris administration has also distributed more than $137 million in federal aid to support the beleaguered region, the White House announced in a report. press release Sunday.

Meanwhile, Johnson has continued to undermine one of the federal agencies charged with responding to the storm surge. In an interview with Fox News SundayJohnson raised one false claim launched by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, insisting that the Biden administration had diverted emergency relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support immigration efforts.

“The funding streams are different, that is of course not an untrue statement,” Johnson told the Conservative network. “But the problem is with the American people, you see, and what they’re frustrated about is that FEMA has to get involved. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s mission is to help people during times like these of natural disasters. Not to be involved in using any amount of money from any account for the resettlement of illegal aliens who have crossed the border. That is what the Biden administration, Kamala Harris and Secretary Mayorkas have been doing.”