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Safeguarding civil rights and civil liberties is elemental to all the work we do at DHS.  The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) supports the Department's mission to secure the nation while preserving individual liberty, fairness, and equality under the law.
      
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  Latest Civil Rights and Civil Liberties NewsNovember 17, 2023 | Press ReleasesDHS Issues Updated DHS Language Access Plan to Support its Workforce and Advance Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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    September 26, 2023 | BlogDHS Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act

  
  

  
  

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