Layoffs Hit FEMA, Other Agencies

Some 400 U.S. Department of Homeland Security workers have been fired.

FEMA workers in Asheville, N.C., in a file photograph. Mario Tama/Getty Images

The federal government layoffs have expanded to additional agencies, according to a new internal letter and government officials, after President Donald Trump ordered agencies to make plans to reduce the government workforce.

About 400 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel have been fired, a DHS spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email on Feb. 18.