Homeland Security Axes Civil Rights Branches that ‘Obstructed Immigration Enforcement’

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made sweeping terminations to end three civil rights branches of the agency, firing over 100 staffers who have “obstructed immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles,” a spokesperson told Breitbart News.

A representative for the Trump administration’s DHS confirmed on Friday that it has implemented a “Reduction in Force (RIF)” for the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO), and the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CISOMB).

Sources familiar with the department’s actions told the New York Times that the civil rights employees were told that they would have 60 days on leave to find another job in the administration or be fired in May. 

“DHS remains

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