Post-earthquake US & ally troop deployment in Haiti will ensure continued US control in the country while promoting American military deployment abroad as a force for good in the public mind. 

This Article provides a contemporary overview of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the detainment camps it operates throughout the United States and its powers during a declared state of emergency. It is intended to provide context to the claims that there are plans to use the camps to unconstitutionally hold American citizens.