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Florida Republican Rep. Donalds along with Democratic Rep. Moskowitz recently introduced a "bipartisan" bill to liberate FEMA from Homeland Security and turn it into a cabinet position.
Moskowitz, was one of Trump's early picks to lead FEMA and also the first Democrat to join DOGE
The bill was introduced the same day Department of Homeland Security Secretary Noem announced during a televised Cabinet meeting that DHS intended to eliminate FEMA
The third office is the office of civil rights and liberties within the DHS, and applies to all civil rights issues regardless of immigration or citizenship status.
Noem's attacks against Civil Rights Offices within DHS were made following statements that she plans to use polygraphs on ICE employees
Many current ICE employees are federal employees who were removed from previous positions and have been diverted to ICE.
Diversion of federal employees is seen by many as a highly politicized move that first began in early February and seemed to be a blatant act of retaliation for January 6th investigations.
Despite the fact that polygraphs are known to have high false positives rates, Noem said she plans to use polygraphs to root out individuals leaking information to the press. Noem's threat was followed by similar threats made against employees of the Dept. of Justice and Dept. of Defense.
Notably, FEMA also has a civil rights office within the agency, which deals with any civil rights issues that arise during emergency management Elimination of FEMA as a federal agency by absorbing it into the president's cabinet would place FEMA under complete executive control.
What a surprise to now see Donalds running for governor with House Speaker Mike Johnson's official approval.