The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who they believe are interfering with the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, saying they could face criminal charges,

Donald Trump's administration has reassigned about 20 senior career Justice Department attorneys, two sources familiar with the moves told Reuters, as the new president moves swiftly to shake up an arm of government that has long drawn his ire.

The acting deputy attorney general issued a memo directing the DOJ to significantly overhaul its approach to immigration enforcement.

Justice Department career officials were reassigned to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda, an official familiar with the matter told USA TODAY.

President Donald Trump fired top immigration officials at the Department of Justice quickly after taking office. Chief immigration judge Sheila McNulty; the office's general counsel Lauren Alder Reid; general counsel head Lauren Alder Reid and acting Director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review Mary Cheng were fire, according to NBC News.

The U.S. Justice Department reportedly moved several senior officials to other divisions ahead of the Senate's anticipated confirmation of President Trump's attorney general pick.

The Justice Department reassignments involve top career officials in the national security and criminal divisions, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department has reassigned key senior officials across multiple divisions as part of a leadership shakeup ahead of the expected confirmation of President Donald