Michaela Ross

1 week ago | news.bgov.com | Michaela Ross

Migrants in US custody risk increased abuse, illness, and death after the Trump administration’s dismantling of a civil rights office amid increasing detentions and deportations, immigrants’ rights advocates and lawyers warn.

2 months ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Angela Greiling Keane |Michaela Ross |Robin Meszoly

The Pentagon said it expects to cut 5,400 civilian probationary employees next week and freeze hiring as part of an initial effort to trim what could total tens of thousands of positions. The Defense Department’s Friday announcement follows its plans shared earlier with lawmakers to slash roughly 55,000 civilian probationary employees worldwide as President Donald Trump seeks to whittle down the federal workforce, according to three people familiar with the interactions.

2 months ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Michaela Ross

The Transportation Security Administration this week terminated 243 employees as President Donald Trump moves to slash the size of the federal workforce, according to an agency official. “Under President Trump’s leadership, TSA terminated personnel due to performance and conduct issues during their probationary period,” spokesperson Robert Langston said in a statement to Bloomberg Government.

2 months ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Ellen M. Gilmer |Michaela Ross

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warned employees that polygraph tests will be used to help crack down on leaks that agency officials say have foiled immigration enforcement plans.

2 months ago | news.bgov.com | Ellen M. Gilmer |Alicia A. Caldwell |Michaela Ross

Senior immigration officials tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda have been reassigned, a sign of early friction as agencies try to hit ambitious targets. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement senior officials Peter Berg and Russell Hott were sent back to do field work, and Todd Lyons is now leading the agency’s Enforcement and Removals Operations, the unit responsible for arrests and deportations, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday night.