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The Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office is the most affected .The is the most affected, when the Trump administration closed seven of its 12 regional offices and released about half of its HALF staff.
A current employee said the move was equal to the office’s “soft closure”. The employee said to be anonymous for fear of revenge, “This will completely prevent many cases that we can take, diagnose and investigate.”
Office for Civil Rights, or OCR aims to organize students who receive federal funds that receive federal funds that are responsible for discrimination against hatred, Islamophobia, racism and disabled students.
About 1,300 employees were told in the Education Department that they were being discharged on Tuesday. According to an analysis of neutral ED reforms at the civil rights office, the Civil Rights Office lost the largest proportion of employees of all the affected programs.
Several sources in the department told CNN that regional offices were closed in New York, Cleveland, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas and Chicago, their entire staff was released, several sources in the department told CNN.
Employees said, it is expected that these offices will be re -divided into regional offices that handle civil rights affairs, which will be open in Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, Kansas City and Washington, DC.
Another current OCR employee told CNN that he was worried about the ability to manage the office with a massive reduction in the staff.
The employee told CNN, “There was already a case -back blog, and now these matters will be just on the way.” “This work cannot be done without staff. Messaging will increase its performance and that the OCR will be able to fulfill its legally privileged mission.
CNN reached the education department for comment but did not respond immediately.
The current OCR employees also expressed concern about what the civil rights investigation would be deprived of.
The Trump administration has fought against the anti -Israeli and anti -authoritative movements on the anti -Israel and college campus.
On Monday, the OCR sent letters to 60 colleges and universities that say allegations of alleged violations are under investigation “” Anti -Assistant harassment and discrimination, “if they do not take proper consequences to protect Jewish students.
“The political appointments in the OCR are more concerned with the politically encouraged direction, which promotes their base and can investigate through headlines rather than complaints filed by everyday people.
On March 7, the OCR’s Acting Assistant Secretary Craig trainer sent a memo to the staff, saying the office must follow the back blog of anti -amatism complaints, and failed to respond to these cases in advance. Although the memo, which is reviewed by CNN, says it should not be interpreted by “depriving” other issues, employees indicate hereditary contradictions in their new instructions.
“With a skeletal staff staff and instructions to follow a type of cases, others are necessary,” said a current employee, said a current employee, for example, for example, cases related to race and disability will be ignored.
