Since taking office in January, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has slashed FEMA’s ability to respond to disasters – and anything else she doesn’t care about – and is pouring what’s left into cruel mass deportations instead.

These reckless choices have likely cost lives.

Noem recently imposed rules requiring her personal approval for any FEMA spending over $100,000 – creating red tape that officials say tied their hands and delayed life-saving aid in Texas. [1]

As a result, a call center contract lapsed, meaning miles of calls from Texas flood survivors went unanswered. [2] Search and rescue teams trained specifically for flood disasters were forced to sit idle, waiting on Noem’s signoff. [3] That approval didn’t come until more than 3 days after the floods began – while people were trapped, missing, and dying.

Kristi Noem has gutted disaster relief and turned the Department of Homeland Security into an engine of cruelty and punishment. Add your name to demand that Noem reverse these reckless changes >>

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/climate/texas-flood-fema-trump.html

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/climate/fema-missed-calls-texas-floods.html

[3] https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/fema-texas-flood-noem