Trump has previously said that disaster relief should fall to the states and that he hopes to eliminate FEMA altogether.

On August 5, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, known as FEMA, told approximately 100 staffers that they had been reassigned to Immigration and Customs Enforcement — and that if they refused to comply with their reassignment, they could be fired. The American Prospect published a copy of the email. “If you choose to decline this reassignment, or accept but fail to report for duty…

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