The “Reduction in Force” applied to 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.
“These offices have obstructed immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles and undermining DHS’s mission,” a DHS spokeswoman said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “Rather than supporting law enforcement efforts, they often function as internal adversaries that slow down operations.”
“DHS remains committed to civil rights protections but must streamline oversight to remove roadblocks to enforcement. These reductions ensure taxpayer dollars support the Department’s core mission: border security and immigration enforcement,” she added.
The three offices are dedicated to investigating the claims of migrants and their families.
President Donald Trump’s promised sweeping immigration reforms have been repeatedly hindered by legal challenges and other hurdles, much to his frustration. While border crossings have all but ceased, his mass deportation plan has been more difficult to implement due to legal challenges.
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The gutting of the three internal DHS offices will likely stall some legal efforts, although many challenges are already underway.
Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is one of the most recent hinderers of Trump’s deportation plans after he blocked deportation flights while immigrants’s cases were being examined.
