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The Hill
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- The Hill
With hurricane season underway, Gulf Coast worries FEMA, Weather Service aren't ready
With hurricane season officially underway, worries are mounting around whether President Trump's cuts to the federal government have endangered the nation's disaster concern is particularly pronounced on the Gulf Coast, where ominous storm systems are already beginning to form amid widespread staffing shortages at the area's critical weather anxiety found a new focus this week after David Richardson, the Trump-appointed head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), reportedly told employees that he wasn't aware the U.S. even had a hurricane Department of Homeland Security promptly dismissed those reported comments, which came at the eve of a forecasted above-average season, as a 'joke.' But the job cuts at federal agencies that will both warn the public of impending storms and move in after to help them recover are very real, and have left current and former disaster management officials sounding the alarm. When disaster strikes, 'will they come? Will they not come?' asked Harris County Commissioner Lesley Briones. 'If they do, at what level will they be responding?' Her flood-prone Houston-area district — home to two of the country's most dangerous dams — sits on the front lines of the region's hurricane exposure. The departures and firings at FEMA and the National Weather Service (NWS) have left the nation's forecasting system 'at the snapping point,' Tom Fahy, head of the NWS union, said on Monday. The former head of the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA), meanwhile, warned of 'degraded' forecasts that would mean communities face more uncertainty about impending dangers. This week, a former FEMA chief compared the current state of the agency to what it looked like before the deadly debacles of 2005, when Hurricanes Rita and Katrina killed more than 2,000 people. Tulane University's Stephen Murphy, who helped lead New Orleans' recovery after Katrina, said the consequences of FEMA delays — like those seen after recent tornadoes in Arkanas — would be 'catastrophic.' 'You have a city that's underwater — no health care, no power, no water. The population cannot live there,' Murphy said. The restructuring of FEMA and NWS tracks with proposals in Project 2025, a policy blueprint tied to the Trump campaign that calls for pushing FEMA's responsibilities to the states, reducing disaster declarations and privatizing NOAA while 'disbanding' its climate research.' The administration's goal, said Stony Brook historian Christopher Sellers, is to dismantle the science and data infrastructure behind federal disaster relief — and recast those efforts as 'the main threats to Americans,' rather than climate change itself. Much of that agenda is already in motion. In early May, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fired FEMA Administrator Craig Hamilton hours after he told Congress that eliminating the agency — as Trump has proposed — would not be 'in the best interests of the American people.' That firing — which drew pushback from Senate Republicans — came after sweeping cuts. Since January, the Department of Governmental Efficiency has shed roughly 20 percent of FEMA's workforce, with as much as a third expected to leave by year's end. And NOAA has also lost hundreds of staff, with half its offices reporting vacancies of 20 percent or more by April. In remarks before Congress on Thursday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick insisted those cuts have had 'no effect on preparedness,' telling lawmakers it is 'fake news and inappropriate to suggest a single meteorologist, or hydrologist was fired.' In the case of the critical NWS office in Houston, that was technically true. Senior meteorologists there opted for early retirement during the cuts — but their positions, frozen for months, remain unfilled as hurricane season begins. The administration also scrapped billions in FEMA grants aimed at strengthening climate resilience — programs it derided as 'wasteful' and 'politicized.' 'This was a generational set of infrastructure projects,' one North Carolina town manager told the Associated Press, 'and it just — poof — went away.' Richardson, who took over FEMA as part of a new cadre of part-time senior leadership, has become a lightning rod for concerns about the agency's direction. One FEMA staffer told CNN that the front office now includes 'zero people with actual disaster recovery experience.' Just 10 days before hurricane season, Richardson scrapped FEMA's Biden-era strategic plan — which focused on climate adaptation and vulnerable communities — telling staff he would 'run right over' any internal opposition. On Wednesday, he abruptly reinstated the plan without explanation, according to Wall Street Journal reporting that Homeland Security also dismissed as 'fake news.' The back-and-forth deepened internal unrest. More than a dozen senior officials resigned in May, including second-in-command MaryAnn Tierney, who wrote that the agency's new direction 'lacks a clear end state or plan' and had been put in place without regard to our 'moral obligations to the American people.' Many of the most critical Gulf Coast weather offices — including Houston, Tampa Bay, Fla., and Lake Charles, La. — are operating without their lead meteorologists. Others, such Miami and Mobile, Ala., are among the one-third of offices with major staffing gaps. Key weather offices across the Gulf — including Houston, Tampa, Lake Charles, Miami, and Mobile — are missing lead meteorologists or critical staff, part of what Harris County emergency official Brian Murray called a 'brain drain.' 'A lot of institutional knowledge just walked out the door,' Murray said. Where there were once experienced officials to call — or that knew to call him, and what resources he might need — 'now there's a lot of empty chairs. That's really unsettling.' Houston is in especially dire shape, missing not only its meteorologist-in-charge but every senior role, Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas) warned in an early May letter. After months of criticism, the administration announced on Monday it would begin hiring for 'mission critical' roles — after earlier attempting to reassign dozens of staff to understaffed offices. But former NOAA officials said those moves were no substitute for a full team. 'They can move the deckchairs on the Titanic, but they just don't have enough bodies to do the job they are supposed to do,' warned retired NWS forecaster James Franklin. Others warned that the damage to FEMA and NOAA may be hard to undo. Even as buyouts have drained senior ranks of experienced officials, while firings of early-career staff have emptied the pipeline of 'your bright innovative minds,' one former NWS meteorologist warned the AP. Much of hurricane response, especially evacuations, plays out in advance, said Tulane's Murphy. 'We have to initiate evacuation strategies well in advance,' he said. 'That means those assets have to be in motion and arrive ahead of time.' If coordination falters, he warned, the die may already be cast by the time the storm hits.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Immigrant advocates say Trump travel ban adds to uncertainty for Milwaukee families
Local and national immigrant advocates expressed concern and uncertainty about President Donald Trump's newly instituted ban on travel to the U.S. from 19 countries and how it could impact Milwaukee-area families waiting to reunite with relatives abroad. The ban is a new take on the so-called "Muslim travel ban" from Trump's first administration, a prominent policy that faced legal challenges and went through several iterations before it was upheld by the Supreme Court. Former President Joe Biden tossed it out when he took office. Set to take effect Monday, the order bars travel from 12 countries and enacts partial restrictions on seven other countries. This time, some, but not all, have Muslim-majority populations. And there are some exceptions for certain people, such as people who are legal U.S. residents; Iranians from persecuted ethnic or religious minorities; and people with immediate American family members who have applied for visas connected to their relatives. Milwaukee is a hub for immigrants, refugees and students from a number of the countries included in the ban, including Myanmar, Laos, Afghanistan and Iran. The order will likely delay reunions between local residents and relatives abroad who were trying to join their families in the U.S., said Sheila Badwan, executive director of the Hanan Refugees Relief Group, a refugee resettlement agency. Badwan thought of single Afghan mothers in Milwaukee who have been waiting for their husbands to join them, and former Afghan soldiers who have been separated from their wives and children since the Taliban took over. While the order has an exception for Afghans who worked with U.S. forces and are Special Immigrant Visa holders, many others trying to join family do not have those SIVs in hand. The federal refugee resettlement program has been halted since Jan. 20, Trump's first day in office. An executive order said the stoppage was supposed to be reviewed within 90 days, but no review has been produced, the program has not restarted, and tens of thousands of people approved to resettle before the executive order have not arrived. The new travel ban means people can expect even more delays, Badwan said. "Emotions are high right now," Badwan said. "It's definitely devastating." In a proclamation signed June 4, Trump cited "national security risks" posed by citizens of the targeted nations as a reason for the new ban. "Nationals of some countries also pose significant risks of overstaying their visas in the United States, which increases burdens on immigration and law enforcement components of the United States, and often exacerbates other risks related to national security and public safety," Trump wrote in a proclamation. Mark Hetfield, president of national refugee resettlement group HIAS, originally the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, said the Trump administration's method of choosing the countries based on their rate of how many people overstay temporary visas "makes absolutely no sense" and likely will be challenged in court. "The rationale is irrational," he said. "They're having blanket bans on immigrant visas based on nonimmigrant overstays." One country with a total ban is Myanmar, or Burma. Milwaukee is believed to be home to one of the largest populations of Burmese refugees in the U.S., including several persecuted ethnic minorities, including the Rohingya, who are Muslim, as well as the Chin, Karen and Karenni, who may practice Christianity, Buddhism or folk religions. Wisconsin also has the third-largest Hmong population in the country. Many of the first Hmong refugees to the state fled Laos after helping the American military during the Vietnam War. Lo Neng Kiatoukaysy, executive director at the Hmong American Friendship Association, said the travel ban would make it more difficult to visit family and limit opportunities for cultural exchange and education. 'Our great grandma and grandpa, they were in the same shoes as many of the immigrants here today,' he said. 'And what if this happened when they came to America back then? They would not want to have the same fear, the same intense feeling, this isolation that we're experiencing right now.' International students, a particular target of the Trump administration in recent months, could also be affected by the travel ban. Iranians made up the fourth-largest international student contingent at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in fall 2024, according to university data, with 61 students. At UW-Madison, there were 57 Iranian students last semester. More: ICE orders Milwaukee teacher's aide Yessenia Ruano to leave US, fly to El Salvador in days People who have valid visas should not be affected by the ban, the National Iranian American Council said in an informational document. But the organization urged caution for people who haven't yet arrived in the U.S. "Some number of Iranian nationals have continued to receive visas in the opening months of 2025 and may not yet have entered the United States. While the order states these visas should be valid, experience tells us that this does not guarantee there will not be complications attempting to enter the U.S. – particularly amid the rollout of this order," the council said. UW-Madison's International Student Services said it is reviewing the details of the travel ban. In a statement, they advised those from affected countries to 'seriously reconsider any travel plans outside of the U.S.' Beyond affecting travel to and from the U.S., the ban tells Muslim families that "their faith makes them suspect," and it fuels fear in Muslim-American communities, said Fauzia Qureshi, executive director of the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance. "A reinstatement of the travel ban sends a chilling message," she said, adding: "Policies like this make people feel alienated from the very country they contribute to." Hetfield, president of HIAS, said the Trump administration changed its strategy this time by adding other countries — including some in Latin America, Africa and southeast Asia — as courts ruled it was not legal to ban Muslims specifically. "They dressed it up, they put lipstick on it," he said, but ultimately, "it's a way to prevent brown people from coming to this country." This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Trump travel ban adds to uncertainty for Milwaukee immigrant families
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Top Ohio House Democrat to step down from leadership
Jun. 5—Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo plans to step down from her post in leadership once the state's budget process is finished at the end of June. Russo, a term-limited Columbus-area Democrat who has led the House's minority caucus since 2022, will serve out the remainder of her term but will step down "to pave the way for a smooth transition of leadership," according to a Thursday statement. Now one of the best-known Democrats in Ohio politics, Russo said decisions on her political future will come at a later time. Her early departure from leadership does coincide with preparations for the 2026 election cycle, in which every Ohio executive political office is up for re-election. "Serving as the Ohio House minority leader for the last three-and-a-half years has been an incredible honor. It has been one of the most challenging yet rewarding positions I've had the privilege to hold," Russo said. "This role has allowed me to shape our Democratic policy priorities, be an unwavering voice for the needs of Ohio working families, and recruit talented new legislators and a team of hardworking staff to carry out these priorities." In 2021, Russo ran for Congress against Republican Columbus-area incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Carey and was defeated handily. ------ For more stories like this, sign up for our Ohio Politics newsletter. It's free, curated, and delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday evening. Avery Kreemer can be reached at 614-981-1422, on X, via email, or you can drop him a comment/tip with the survey below.
