“Not Our Job Anymore”: DHS Stops Civil Rights Work as Trump Escalates Deportations

Senate Democrats say the closure of three legally mandated oversight offices endangers immigrants, violates federal law, and erodes trust in DHS authority.

WASHINGTON — A group of senior Senate Democrats is demanding answers from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the Trump administration’s abrupt closure of three key oversight offices within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—a move that has drawn sharp criticism from whistleblowers, civil rights advocates, and federal judges.