homeland security

Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, responded after his release, saying "no judge, not this one or another, is going to stop the Trump Administration from restoring the rule of law to our immigration system".

Last week Wyden sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security seeking documents related to the death and investigation.

The Trump administration eliminated many internal oversight bodies in Homeland Security, including the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which investigated allegations of wrongdoing.

One order directs the attorney general and Homeland Security secretary to publish a list of state and local jurisdictions that ‘obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws.’

Last month, the Department of Homeland Security shuttered its Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, which were tasked with reviewing detention conditions and responding to complaints of civil rights violations.