The Department of Homeland Security is eliminating three of its watchdog agencies that it said “obstructed immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles and undermining” the department’s mission.

The cuts came as DHS and other federal departments are working to abide by President Donald Trump’s directions for broad reductions in force and reorganizations.

DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told The Washington Post on Friday that the agency has ordered a “reduction in force” for the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, and the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman. Employees will be terminated within 60 days if they do not find another assignment inside the department.

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