DHS said the offices "often function as internal adversaries that slow down operations." Migrant Insider was first to report the decision. The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties advises ...

"A decision to eliminate the CRCL office or make significant reductions in CRCL staff will jeopardize DHS's ability to comply with statutory requirements and to protect the civil rights and civil ...

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday eliminated numerous civil rights offices, ending oversight of its immigration policies and avenues for public complaints. The department said it was ...

The report, titled “Building Meaningful Civil Rights and Liberties Oversight at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,” looks at the important mandate of CRCL to protect individual ...

Washington — The Trump administration is implementing a reduction in force for the Department of Homeland Security's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration ...

The two ombudsman offices provide oversight of the DHS immigration portfolio. This includes detention, by working with those detained who face issues with Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and ...

The affected offices, confirmed by DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, are the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman and the Office ...

The Department of Homeland Security is cutting jobs in the oversight divisions focused on civil rights as a part of a broader reduction in force effort across the federal government. The affected ...