Day 22

February 10, 2025

4 documented events

  1. Serious Rights Violation Federal Dismantlement

    Education Department Dismantlement: $881M in Contracts Slashed, IES Eliminated, 50% Workforce Cut

    DOGE terminated 89 Education Department contracts totaling $881 million, gutting the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) — the nation's primary education research body. The Department then cut nearly 50% of its 4,100-person workforce, and President Trump signed an executive order to close the agency entirely.

    From: Education Department Dismantlement: $881M in Contracts Slashed, IES Eliminated, 50% Workforce Cut

  2. Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration

    Immigrant Defenders Law Center files emergency challenge

    The Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) files an emergency stay application under the Administrative Procedure Act. A district court grants a nationwide stay of the 2025 MPP reimplementation.

    From: Reimposition of 'Remain in Mexico' Migrant Protection Protocols

  3. Major Abuse of Power Civil Rights

    HUD employee emails demanding lists of DEI contracts

    Department of Housing and Urban Development employees receive emails demanding they compile and submit lists of all DEI-related contracts, as DOGE operatives seek to identify and eliminate diversity-related spending across the agency.

    From: DOGE-Directed Elimination of Federal DEI Programs and Mass Firings of DEI Workers

  4. Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration

    Pacito v. Trump lawsuit filed

    IRAP, HIAS, Church World Service, and individual refugees filed suit challenging the suspension of USRAP and the freeze on refugee-related funding.

    From: Indefinite Suspension of US Refugee Admissions Program and Record-Low Resettlement Cap