President Donald Trump's administration reportedly ended with an ongoing purge of more than 400 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees.
A total of 405 employees have been removed in DHS in an ongoing workforce purge in federal agencies and departments that are government employees I said Friday ABC News.
The majority of the cuts came at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with more than 200 employees being removed and 130 workers being fired, with cybersecurity and infrastructure security agencies being removed, the outlet said. It's there.
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Meanwhile, the DHS Science and Technology Bureau saw 10 workers being removed, but nearly 50 employees have been cut from U.S. citizenship and immigration services, reported by ABC News.
Twelve Coast Guard members, working on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), were reportedly affected by change by being offered the opportunity to support border security efforts at the US southern border. It's there.
All of these Washington, D.C.-based employees are currently on administrative leave, the outlet said.
“Under President Trump's leadership, we have made drastic cuts and reforms across the federal government to eliminate the terrible waste and incompetence that have happened for decades at the expense of American taxpayers. “The DHS spokesperson told ABC News.
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“Today's Department of Homeland Security personnel lawsuit will bring about $50 million in savings for American taxpayers, making it valuable and immeasurable to cut accountability and deficits,” spokesman said. continued.
“The DHS component leads identified non-mission critical personnel to probation,” a DHS spokesperson added. “We are actively identifying other useless positions and offices that do not meet the DHS mission.”
As reported by Breitbart News, former U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, who took office on the second day of President Trump due to concerns related to “over-focus” on the US border and DEI initiative, said she He was kicked out by the Admiral. The lodging at the beginning of this month.
Alana Mastrangelo is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her Facebook and x at @armestrangeloand on Instagram.
