Compliance Branch
The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) reviews and investigates civil rights and civil liberties complaints filed by the public regarding DHS policies and activities.
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The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) reviews and investigates civil rights and civil liberties complaints filed by the public regarding DHS policies and activities.
Learn more about the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) outreach and engagement with communities throughout the nation, as well as the training we provide to both Department personnel and our partners.
Newsletters, news releases, blog posts and other articles from the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
Community engagement from the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties' Security, Intelligence, and Information Policy Section provides guidance and oversight designed to preserve civil rights and civil liberties in the execution of homeland security programs and activities. We work with DHS Components and offices to ensure that appropriate protections and safeguards are incorporated into the Department’s screening and vetting programs, information sharing and safeguarding activities, cybersecurity efforts, security technologies, and intelligence programs and products.
The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL)'s Antidiscrimination Group engages in policy work to ensure fair and equitable treatment of individuals and guard against discrimination based on race, color, national origin, disability, sex, and age in DHS programs and activities.
One of the ways in which CRCL advises the Department’s leadership is through a "Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Impact Assessment." Read about it on this page.
The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties reviews and investigates allegations of civil rights and civil liberties violations involving DHS policies, activities, and personnel.
Testimony of Assistant Secretary John Morton Before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request
The EEO and Diversity Programs Office directs the Department's EEO and Diversity policies, products, and services to improve DHS’s personnel and operations.