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Lawmaker: Fed funds threatened for migrant assistance programs under GOP-led Congress

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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar , D-Texas, is a senior member on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Committee .

He says federal funding for a program reimburs municipalities and nonprofits for migrant assistance is at a real risk of not being funded.

The FEMA Shelter and Services Program was among 2,600 programs that would have lost federal funds under a memorandum issued Monday .