"The administration also closed two other offices with mandates to protect the public from misconduct-the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman and the Immigration Detention Ombudsman-saying the cuts were necessary to limit redundancy. Nonprofit groups sued, arguing that a department with more than 250,000 employees that interacts with 3 million to 4 million members of the public each day needed more oversight, not less."
"Across the department, DHS has experienced considerable turnover since Trump returned to office, as supporters of his mass-deportation plans have replaced people with years of experience. "They have different priorities and they don't care about safety and they don't care about doing things right," Plavsic told me. She retired after she was laid off. Since the Minneapolis shooting, she has been talking with former colleagues who no longer recognize the agency they worked for: "People are just saying, 'I'm so glad to be unaffiliated with"
CRCL would have reviewed policies, training, and oversight after the Minnesota ICE officer shooting, but the office is effectively dormant. Senior adviser Julie Plavsic and colleagues were put on leave and then dismissed. Two other oversight offices were closed under claims of redundancy, prompting nonprofit lawsuits arguing the department needs more oversight. The offices reopened with a skeleton staff of inexperienced contractors who are doing almost nothing. Widespread turnover has replaced experienced personnel with supporters of mass-deportation, shifting priorities away from safety and proper procedures and lowering morale among former staff.
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