The decision was likely in part due to the agency's delayed response to the flooding disaster in Central Texas. Senior FEMA leader Ken Pagurek told colleagues this was the last straw after months of frustration over President Donald Trump's repeated efforts to eliminate the agency,

The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue Branch has resigned, telling colleagues that the Trump administration’s disastrous response to the deadly flooding in Texas had driven him over the edge, CNN reported.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he is not intimidated by the federal government increasing immigration enforcement in migrant sanctuary cities. Trump border czar Tom Homan said during a news conference Monday in New York that they are going to “flood the zone” of migrant sanctuary cities,

Migrant-rights groups worry that harsher enforcement will lead to more civil rights violations and prompt community pushback.