The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has cleaned up to end three civil rights branches of the agency and fired more than 100 staff members who “blocked immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles,” a spokesman told Breitbart News.
Representatives from the Trump administration's DHS confirmed on Friday that they implemented “Reducing Forces (RIF)” for the offices of the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Office (CRCL), the Immigration Detention Ombudsman Office (OIDO), and the Civil Rights and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CISOMB).
Sources of information on departmental actions I said New York Times Civil rights employees were told they would either take 60 days off to find another job in the administration or be fired in May.
“DHS remains committed to protecting civil rights, but we must streamline surveillance to remove obstacles in order to enforce disability,” Civil Service Advisor Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to Breitbart News. “Through these reductions, taxpayers will support the department's core missions of border security and immigration enforcement.”
Emphasizing the Trump administration's goal of curbing illegal immigration, she added that CRCL, oido and Cisomb “had hinder immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles and undermining the mission of the DHS.”
“It often serves as an internal enemy that delays operations, rather than supporting law enforcement efforts,” she explained.
The DHS move comes as the administration is working to remove illegal aliens. Emphasis About a criminal suspected of being a member of Venezuelan gangster Tren de Aragua (TDA) and El Salvador gangster MS-13.
