By Ted Hesson 和 Kanishka Singh
2026年2月19日 美国东部时间上午5:07 更新于3小时前
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美国联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）位于华盛顿特区联邦中心广场的标识，2026年2月15日拍摄。路透社/Ken Cedeno/资料图 购买授权，新窗口打开
华盛顿，2月18日（路透社） – 路透社获取的内部消息显示，在美国国土安全部（DHS）停摆期间，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普政府已下令联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）暂停向全国受灾地区部署数百名救援人员。
FEMA隶属的国土安全部于周六进入部分停摆状态，但由于大部分职能被视为必要工作，其运作基本未停。此次停摆源于共和党和民主党未能就移民执法改革达成协议。
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根据FEMA首席幕僚库尔特·韦里希（Kurt Weirich）发出的内部电子邮件：”国土安全部已发布所有国土安全部资助旅行的停行令，自2026年2月18日起生效，直至拨款暂停期间。目前，这确实包括救灾旅行。”
美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）此前报道，超过300名FEMA救灾人员正准备执行后续任务，但已被告知待命，其中一些人目前正在培训设施。
这一冻结措施出台前，特朗普周一表示，在华盛顿特区地区上月发生主下水道管道坍塌后，联邦政府将介入保护波托马克河。1月19日，马里兰州蒙哥马利县的一条下水道线坍塌，导致超过2.4亿加仑（9.09亿升）的废水流入波托马克河。
CNN援引三位机构官员的话说，自2025年1月特朗普上任以来，FEMA已大幅削减人员，但FEMA此次协调应对下水道泄漏的资源部署却寥寥无几。
FEMA发言人告诉CNN，旅行限制”并非出于选择，而是为了遵守联邦法律”。CNN引用的声明补充称，”与活跃灾难相关的FEMA旅行并未取消”。
FEMA的使命是在灾难发生前、发生期间和之后提供援助，包括飓风、龙卷风、地震和洪水等灾害。它会向受灾地区派遣紧急救援人员、物资和设备。
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US orders restrictions on new FEMA disaster deployments during DHS shutdown
By Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh
February 19, 2026 5:07 AM UTC Updated 3 hours ago
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WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to suspend the deployment of hundreds of aid workers to disaster-affected areas around the country while the Department of Homeland Security is shut down, internal messages reviewed by Reuters showed.
DHS, which FEMA is part of, entered a partial shutdown on Saturday, but has largely continued to operate since most of its functions are deemed essential. The shutdown happened after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a deal on immigration enforcement reforms.
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“DHS has issued a stop-travel order for all DHS funded travel, effecting 2/18/26, for the duration of the lapse in appropriation. Currently this DOES include disaster travel,” according to an internal email sent by Kurt Weirich, a chief of staff at FEMA.
More than 300 FEMA disaster responders were preparing for upcoming assignments but were told to stand down, including some who are currently at a training facility, CNN reported earlier.
The freeze comes after Trump said on Monday the federal government will step in to protect the Potomac River following the collapse of a major sewer pipe in the Washington, D.C., region last month. A sewer line in Montgomery County, Maryland, collapsed on January 19, causing an overflow of more than 240 million gallons (909 million liters) of wastewater into the Potomac River.
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Trump said FEMA, which has seen significant staff cuts since he took office in January 2025, will coordinate the response. So far, however, FEMA has deployed few, if any, resources to assist with the sewage spill, CNN reported, citing three agency officials.
A FEMA spokesperson told CNN restrictions on travel were “not a choice but are necessary to comply with federal law.” The statement cited by CNN added that “FEMA travel related to active disasters is not cancelled.”
FEMA’s mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. It brings in emergency personnel, supplies and equipment to stricken areas.
Reporting by Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Lincoln Feast.
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