US EditionTrump administration shutters DHS civil rights and oversight offices
- The Trump administration has closed the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, and the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman.
- DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin stated that these offices slowed down enforcement operations and created bureaucratic hurdles.
- More than 100 staff members have been warned they will be put on leave for 60 days as a result of these closures.
- These actions are part of Trump's efforts to streamline immigration policies and address perceived obstacles to enforcement.
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Over 100 Subversives Fired from DHS's Civil Rights Branch
On Friday, The New York Times reported that Trump fired most of the Civil Rights branch of the Department of Homeland Security. They terminated almost every worker, but not all. This group of people are overseers of deportations. They provided liaisons, lawyers, advice to stay in the country, and other services to illegal aliens, including […] The post Over 100 Subversives Fired from DHS’s Civil Rights Branch appeared first on www.independentsen…
DHS Clears Civil Rights Office, Saying Watchdogs Obstructed
Nearly the entire staff of the civil rights office in the Department of Homeland Security, which has oversight of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, was fired on Friday. Two other watchdog agencies in DHS that look into complaints and advocate for immigrants also essentially were shut down, the Washington Post...
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