DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
Marc Rosenblum, a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security, has resigned from his position. He cited concerns over the administration's immigration policies and a lack of transparency within the department.
Why it matters
The resignation of a high-level data official highlights internal friction and concerns regarding the management of sensitive immigration statistics during the current administration.
DHS has been a hub of controversy during the second Trump term: the ICE raids in American cities, the wild spending, the growing archipelago of detention centers, the attempts to hide data about it all. But vanishingly few officials have left the department and been openly critical of the direction it has taken. Marc Rosenblum, who served as executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics and a deputy assistant secretary at the department, is one of the first.
“I’m thrilled to end my relationship with the current administration,” Rosenblum said in a LinkedIn post over the weekend. “Between the war on immigrants, the war on feds, and the war on facts (not to mention the crazy war in Iran and the brazen corruption), I just need a change.”
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