As Peak Of Hurricane Season Approaches, FEMA Diverts 100 Staffers To Help ICE Recruit Masked Clown Squad Members

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is temporarily transferring personnel from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just ahead of the peak of hurricane season as it seeks to speed hiring for immigration officers.

DHS is detailing roughly 100 people from FEMA’s human resources and security teams to help process applicants at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid a bid to hire 10,000 extra officers.

“Under President Trump’s leadership and through the One Big Beautiful Bill, DHS is adopting an all-hands-on-deck strategy to recruit 10,000 new ICE agents. To support this effort, select FEMA employees will temporarily be detailed to ICE for 90 days to assist with hiring and vetting,” DHS said in a statement. “Their deployment will NOT disrupt FEMA’s critical operations. FEMA remains fully prepared for Hurricane Season.”

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The Washington Post first reported the move, which it said would impact roughly half of FEMA’s human resources team. It’s not unusual for departments to detail employees from one agency to another, and ICE has previously helped with hurricane response. But usually such assignments are voluntary and not in the weeks when hurricane season is expected to accelerate.

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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5439715-dhs-fema-ice-hurricane-season-noem-immigration-enforcement/