DLHS Hour 1 | Agency overseeing misconduct in immigration shutdown by Homeland

The Department of Homeland Security’s decided to shut down the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, the watchdog responsible for investigating abuse and misconduct inside immigration detention centers. The closure—blamed on congressional funding decisions—has raised alarms among civil rights advocates, especially as detention populations and deaths in custody continue to rise. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.