The Department of Homeland Security is dismantling the office that investigates civil rights violations in immigrant enforcement and other departmental work as President Donald Trump aims to downsize federal agencies.
Employees in the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties received news of the closure in a meeting Friday afternoon, according to a Senate aide and four people in the meeting or briefed on it in real time. Bloomberg Government first reported on the development. DHS is also slashing the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, which helps members of the public resolve problems with immigration benefits, according ...