MAGA 2.0 Axing Law Enforcement Jobs by the Thousands

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President Donald Trump’s administration has been accused of “hollowing out” federal law enforcement agencies and of firing their employees by the thousands, a new analysis has found.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has suffered the biggest cuts among law enforcement agencies, losing about 14 percent of its workforce since the 2024 fiscal year, https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-doj-has-cut-thousands-law-enforcement-jobs-while-vowing-get-tough-crime-2026-04-23/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-doj-has-cut-thousands-law-enforcement-jobs-while-vowing-get-tough-crime-2026-04-23/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement">Reuters revealed Thursday.

The FBI has lost nearly 2,600 people, about seven percent of its workforce, and the DEA’s staff has dropped by six percent, according to records Reuters obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

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