Elon Musk announced that the Department of Government Efficiency learned that FEMA recently spent $59 million on “luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.”

The multibillionaire leader of the government reform initiative shared on Monday that the payments occurred last week, meaning that the funds were spent in violation of the law and “in gross insubordination” to executive orders from President Donald Trump on illegal immigration.

“That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals,” Musk revealed. “A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds.”

The revelation came after the Department of Government Efficiency, a commission established by Trump and conducted by Musk to find wasteful federal spending, acquired access to FEMA data over the weekend. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whose agency oversees FEMA, confirmed that Musk has access to data from the Department of Homeland Security.

Cameron Hamilton, the senior Trump administration official who is performing the duties of FEMA administrator, thanked the Department of Government Efficiency for finding the spending and said that “effective yesterday these payments have all been suspended from FEMA.”

The official added that staff who approved the payments “will be held accountable” and noted that Congress passed bills in recent years which asked FEMA to fund housing for illegal aliens.

Musk was highly critical of FEMA last year as SpaceX, the rocket company for which he serves as chief executive, worked to address fallout from Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States. The agency reportedly had slow response times and failed to handle requests for aid.