The Department of Homeland Security’s watchdogs for privacy, civil liberties, and immigrants’ rights are eligible for President Donald Trump’s early resignation offer to federal employees, while other security and immigration positions are excluded.
The Trump administration’s Jan. 28 “Fork in the Road” email inviting federal employees to resign—part of a broader effort by Trump ally Elon Musk to shrink the federal government—specified that those in military, immigration enforcement, and national security positions were excluded. That sweeps in broad swaths of DHS, including Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Secret Service, the Coast Guard, and the Transportation Security ...