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Some FEMA employees who warned that sweeping funding cuts made by the Trump administration are affecting the agency's programs and missions have been terminated, The Associated Press reports.

The letter, signed by 180 current and former FEMA employees, contends that the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the agency and limit its resources could lead to another disaster similar to Hurricane Katrina.

Agency workers expressed their concerns in a letter to Congress on Monday ahead of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29. The natural disaster which devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast resulted in Congress passing legislation that included the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act.

Thirty-five signed their names while 141 signed anonymously f

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