워싱턴—트럼프 대통령의 법무장관 팸 본디는 법무부 민권국 투표과 지도부를 해임하고 해당 부서의 모든 진행 중인 사건을 기각하도록 명령했습니다. 투표과는 투표권법, 제복 착용자 및 해외 시민 부재자 투표법, 전국 유권자 등록법, 미국 투표 지원법, 민권법 등 투표권을 보호하는 연방법을 집행합니다.

Common Cause’s Senior Vice President of Policy and Litigation, Omar Noureldin, served as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights during the Biden-Harris administration.

Statement of Omar Noureldin, Common Cause Senior Vice President, Policy and Litigation

The Trump administration’s gutting of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division is doing profound and lasting damage to the protection of voting rights in the United States. The removal and reassignment of the section’s leadership and the dismissal of cases are themselves attacks on the voting rights of every American.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s systematic removal of career attorneys and staff is not confined to the voting section – it extends to the entire Civil Rights Division. The upheaval and loss of experience will leave the division unable to enforce the nation’s civil rights laws.

As a former presidential political appointee at DOJ, I have the utmost respect for the Civil Rights Division’s career attorneys and staff. I saw firsthand the critical work they perform in ensuring the civil rights of every American are protected.

The mission of the Civil Rights Division is not, and has never been, partisan. Its mission is to enforce the nation’s civil rights laws impartially and vigorously. That is a job the division has done admirably across administrations for more than 60 years.

It is critical that the current administration reverse course in order to ensure that the civil rights laws passed by Congress are enforced effectively. And Congress must maintain vigilant oversight of DOJ and ensure the Civil Rights Division is adequately funded.