The Trump administration has dismissed over 200 FEMA employees as part of budget cuts, undermining efforts to improve building codes for disaster preparedness. Many of those laid off were long-serving staff who had become probationary upon recent promotions. Concurrently, the administration has released most migrants detained at Guantanamo Bay, with 170 Venezuelans returned home. This follows revelations from an ACLU lawsuit that exposed the administration's claims about detainees being hardened criminals as largely inaccurate, with a significant portion classified as low-threat individuals.
The fired workers were on probationary status, meaning they were within one year of taking the job, affecting those who had long tenures with FEMA.
FEMA has asked for its name to be removed from the recommendations aimed at strengthening codes for homes against disasters.
The Trump administration admitted that nearly 30% of detainees at Guantanamo were low-threat illegal aliens contrary to earlier claims of them being hardened criminals.
An ACLU lawsuit revealed the inaccuracy in the characterization of detainees, showcasing a significant disparity between administration claims and reality.
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