The Ministry of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is in the large-scale Egyptian judiciary, the Trump administration has gradually reshaped the department, putting its traditional tasks on hold and using a judiciary focused on executing the president’s execution of orders.

According to current and former officials, about 250 lawyers (or about 70% of the department’s lawyers) may leave the department between President Trump’s inauguration and the end of May.

This marked a dramatic shift in the legend’s division, created during the Civil Rights Movement and promoted efforts to end segregation. For nearly 70 years, it has tried to combat discrimination and protect all Americans’ constitutional rights, from voting and housing to employment, education, and policing.

Now, the administration is redirecting the department to implement President Trump’s executive orders, including ending so-called radical indoctrination in schools, defending women from “gender ideological extremism” and combating anti-Semitism and claims to be anti-Christian bias.

Five current or former department officials, most of whom spoke in anonymity due to fear of retribution, said the current effort equates to the removal of the department and its traditional mission.

"The existence exists to protect civil rights laws for all Americans," said former lawyer Stacey Young. Who left the department in late January. "This is not a White House arm. It doesn't exist to develop the president's own agenda. It's a distortion of the separation of power and the role of the independent Justice Department."

The department's priorities are normal, moving from government to administration, especially from one party to another. Current and former employees and outside observers say the changes are going on now far beyond normal recalibration.

The new head of the department, Harmeet Dhillon, is the implementation of the Trump-appointed conservative lawyer Harmeet Dhillon, confirmed in April.

In recent federal social activities, Delon likens the department’s work under the Democratic government to a speeding train. The Republican administration often tries to “reduce the train,” she said.

"It's really not focused on turning the train around and driving in the opposite direction. That's how I think of the Department of Justice's civil rights (zoning)," she said. "We're not only slowing down the wake-up. We've taken the reason for achieving executive goals. It's an opportunity for us to ensure that our country's civil rights laws benefit all Americans, not just a few."

180 degrees

The government has begun to implement a 180-degree turn. Under the new leadership, the department has abandoned its investigation and has withdrawn statements of interests or a friend of the court in about 30 cases, according to public court records. These cases include cases related to voting rights, so-called racial discrimination and civil actions against anti-abortion activists.

Dhillon has issued new mission statements for 11 parts of the department that push Trump’s priorities and redirect resources to execute its execution orders. These tasks include “protecting children from chemical and surgical dismemberment,” “disengage men from women’s movement,” “eliminating anti-Christian bias,” and “other measures against anti-Semitism.”

Young said the changes equal the destruction of the department and its traditional work.

"The department is being cut right now," Young said. Young, who now runs the judicial link, said it is a department that supports the Justice Department employees. “The heads of the department and the Justice Department decided that the division could enforce the law only for favored people.”

Craig Futterman, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, said the ongoing changes “are turning the civil rights department toward.” He added that the Trump administration “is using a department that has one of the most vulnerable of us ever to protect the civil rights of vulnerable groups, including blacks, browns, women, lgbtqia fold.”

"I grew up after the Civil Rights Movement, where we celebrated all the heroes of progress and progress and knew that a lot of work still needs to be done in this country. It was the most dramatic backward turn I've ever experienced in my life."

Lawyer resigns

Changes implemented by the Trump administration prompted lawyers in the department to leave. Certain parts are under attack from departure, including voting, education and special litigation.

Some left out, while others adopted government deferred resignation plans or retire early.

The latest round of mass departures occurred in recent weeks as leadership began reassigning managers (seemed as a push to push their resignation) and forced lawyers to work on task forces specifically targeting certain Trump priorities, such as anti-Semitism or transgender issues.

Dhillon admitted his resignation in his speech on federalist social activities.

"We hope they're going well with their efforts and passions in the future," she said. "They need to pursue them elsewhere. That won't happen to the Department of Justice."

Different from the first Trump term

Overall, lawyers in the department feel they can no longer do the work they can do all the time, including during the first Trump administration.

Veterans said then there was no mass exodus. The lawyers stayed and continued their normal work. The government has reduced (but not over) some priority areas (such as policing).

But now, current and former officials say that in a sense, the division is weaponizing the population that should have been protected for the country’s civil rights laws. They say that giving up on traditional tasks has always been devastating. An official recalls the lawyer crying in the corridor or sobbing at a meeting.

"The department has hundreds of lawyers who are diligent in making sure people are responsible for discrimination," Young said. "There is no law enforcement, and if it is not known that illegal discrimination can be curbed through the work of the department, we will see that we will see more illegal discrimination."