# KXL

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-11**: Judge Illston rules the staffing cut unlawful — U.S. District Judge Susan Illston issues an opinion finding DHS violated post-Katrina congressional protections, writing that the 50% figure 'appears as if pulled from thin air.'
- **2025**: DHS directs FEMA to plan a 50% staffing cut — Top Homeland Security officials late in the year direct FEMA's leadership to submit a staffing plan that includes a 50% cut, even though the agency's own supervisors objected.
- **2005-08-29**: Hurricane Katrina makes landfall — The storm's catastrophic response failures lead Congress to pass the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, which places FEMA staffing decisions in FEMA's hands and bars DHS from substantially reducing FEMA's functions.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Federal Judge: 50% FEMA Staffing Cut Violated Post-Katrina Law
2026-09-13 06:09:18 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Judge Susan Illston ruled the Trump administration's directive to cut FEMA staffing by 50% violated the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act. The opinion is a victory for AFGE and other unions in their broader challenge to federal workforce reductions. No remedy was ordered; the parties must now meet and confer, and an appeal may follow.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/federal-judge-rules-50-percent-fema-staffing-cut-unlawful

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