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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Madeline Sherratt

DHS orders employees back to work following Trump mandate and ahead of expected mass deportations

President Donald Trump has ordered federal workers to return to the office - and the Department of Homeland Security didn’t waste any time - (AP)

Department of Homeland Security employees have been ordered back to the office as the agency follows through with new President Donald Trump’s executive order and ahead of his expected mass deportations of illegal migrants.

In a memo shortly after the inauguration, Acting DHS Secretary Benjamine Huffman said the amount of hours being spent in the office throughout the agency was “unacceptable.” He cited how 28.9 percent of total hours worked by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 24.4 percent of hours worked by U.S. Coast Guard personnel and 39.7 percent of hours for the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency were done in the office, according to an internal memo seen by ABC News.

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