In 1794, James Madison addressed the House of Representatives on a $15,000 French refugee relief bill. He said; "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on the objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
Given the enormous wealth of our society, I see no reason to believe, that our people would not provide these people the immediate needed aid in medical supplies, bulldozers, and food, if our constitution were followed.