Judge rules Homeland Security plan to cut FEMA staff in half is unlawful

FEMA headquarters in Washington. A judge on Friday ruled that a Department of Homeland Security plan to reduce staffing at the agency was unlawful. (Al Drago/The New York Times) By MACK LIEDERMAN A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully when it ordered that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s workforce be cut in half. In her ruling on Friday, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California wrote that the Department of Homeland…

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