Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission.

More than 100 attorneys have submitted their resignations, Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, said in an interview.

Swedish, a former deputy chief in the Civil Rights Division, decided to leave after being told that lawyers in her section would be reassigned to enforce President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

The Justice Department's division tasked with enforcing the nation's federal civil rights laws has recently seen a mass exodus of "over 100" attorneys.

Critics, including former division staffers, say the changes mark a complete reversal of the division’s decades-long mission to enforce civil rights laws in housing, education, voting, and employment.

Democratic senators question DOJ over shakeup to Civil Rights Division, questioning policy changes and staff arrangements.

Trump upends DOJ's Civil Rights Division, sparking ‘bloodbath' in senior ranks Trump's hand-picked head of the division has outlined priorities that are dramatically at odds with the way past ...

Further, DOJ plans to coordinate with state attorneys general and local law enforcement to pursue the work of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.

If you know, you know. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has for nearly seven decades been at the forefront of some of the department’s most historically significant work.

Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission.

Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission.