Taken together, the agencies had approximately 300 employees, a small share of the estimated 260,000 workers at DHS. They handled thousands of complaints about the immigration system, including detention conditions, the care of migrant children and delays in processing green card and citizenship applications. Their reports informed House and Senate oversight committees and provided information to immigrants facing deportation in the U.S. immigration courts because they are not entitled to public defenders.
Employees will be terminated within 60 days if they do not find another assignment inside DHS, McLaughlin said.
“DHS remains committed to civil rights protections but must streamline oversight to remove roadblocks to enforcement,” McLaughlin said. “These reductions ensure taxpayer dollars support the Department’s core mission: border security and immigration enforcement.”
McLaughlin alleged that the three offices “have obstructed immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles and undermining DHS’s mission.”
“Rather than supporting law enforcement efforts, they often function as internal adversaries that slow down operations,” she said.
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