But I'll continue on. Right now, our Republican colleagues want to forfeit their constitutional oversight responsibilities. Let's talk about what's actually happening. In March, we learned that the Trump administration was dismantling the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. and terminating staff at the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman and in the Office of Immigration Detention Osbudsman. Because they argue, quote, these offices have obstructed immigration enforcement and, quote, undermined DHS's mission. (05:06–05:15)
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Asserts that the Trump administration dismantled DHS's Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
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