FILE - A sign for the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pictured at FEMA headquarters, April 20, 2020, in Washington. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
The House Dems' report argues the deployments threaten public trust in FEMA and further weaken an agency already flagging from thousands of staff cuts.
The IG review comes after hundreds of DHS staff received mandatory reassignments, in some cases to support the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
FILE - The Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington, on June 5, 2015. The Department of Homeland Security says the U.S. faces a "heightened threat environment" with the approach of the holidays. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)