Amid hurricane season, FEMA staffers reassigned to support deportations

Then, over the past week, DHS transferred more than 100 people to ICE — half of FEMA’s human resources department and about 50 people from its security team, according to the five current and former officials, two of whom have direct knowledge of the reassignments. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the moves. FEMA is unable to hire for many roles under Homeland Security’s new strict budget rules, so there are not many new personnel actions going through. But FEMA’s human resources...