Noem Tells Cabinet That DHS Will “Eliminate” FEMA

Semafor reports:

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a Cabinet meeting Monday that the department would move to “eliminate” the government’s disaster relief agency, days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing state and local governments to “play a more active and significant role” in responding to catastrophes.

Noem, whose department oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has previously vowed to “get rid of FEMA the way it exists today;” Trump has said he would close the agency entirely, but that would require an act of Congress.

The agency has long enjoyed bipartisan support, however: “FEMA can’t go away,” Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy told reporters in January, citing its primary role in “protect[ing] people and property.”

Read the full article. As you can see in the boastful clips below, Noem is in El Salvador today to grandstand at the infamously brutal prison where US migrants were illegally deported to.

Today @Sec_Noem is wheels-up to El Salvador

She will visit El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center and meet with El Salvadorian President @nayibbukele to discuss how we can increase the number of deportation flights and removals of violent criminals from the U.S. pic.twitter.com/LkBqrodtC8

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) March 26, 2025

Secretary Noem just arrived in El Salvador. Today, she will visit the CECOT prison where Tren De Aragua terrorists removed from the United States are being held and meet with El Salvador’s President @nayibbukele pic.twitter.com/CXoFO5tSBt

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) March 26, 2025