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Justice Department civil rights division shifts direction under Dhillon

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Harmeet Dhillon has led the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division since April 2025 and has pushed out hundreds of longtime attorneys while hiring ideological allies. She argues the division had focused too narrowly on protecting people of color and has redirected its enforcement toward President Trump's agenda. Current and former officials say the changes have transformed the division's work and workforce.

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Harmeet Dhillon, an assistant attorney general for civil rights, took the division's helm in April 2025. She was born in India and came to the U.S. as a child. The Civil Rights Division was established nearly seven decades ago amid efforts to dismantle racial segregation, and it has traditionally addressed discrimination and constitutional protections across voting, housing, jobs, schooling, and law enforcement.

During her tenure, the division has ended police probes, withdrawn from numerous cases, and pursued voting-related information demands and lawsuits. It has also challenged university admissions practices and campus antisemitism claims, though a judge rejected one

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