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'Legal challenges, including a separate federal lawsuit brought by nonprofits, could take months, at best. In the meantime, oversight advocates worry their absence could exacerbate conditions in detention.

"It's not a risk, it's a reality. We've already seen the treatment of individuals being encountered, arrested and detained," Herodotou said, adding that her office experienced an increase in complaints just as employees were being cut back in March.'

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.