{"id":1541867,"date":"2022-07-06T16:04:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T20:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541867"},"modified":"2022-07-06T16:04:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T20:04:48","slug":"nearly-22000-dhs-employees-seeking-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-exemptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-22000-dhs-employees-seeking-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-exemptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 22,000 DHS Employees Seeking COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Exemptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnearly-22000-dhs-employees-seeking-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-exemptions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541867&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nearly 22,000 Department of Homeland Security (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-dhs\">DHS<\/a>) employees have sought exemptions to the U.S. government\u2019s federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, but all of the requests remain in limbo, according to newly obtained documents.<\/p>\n<p>Key agencies within DHS could face a massive loss of workers if the requests aren\u2019t resolved, a watchdog warns.<\/p>\n<p>Over 8,100 employees with Customs and Border Protection, which includes Border Patrol agents, have asked for a medical or religious exemption to the mandate, imposed by President Joe Biden in 2021. Over 5,800 Transportation Security Administration workers have requested accommodations. Over 2,800 Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees have sought exemptions on religious or medical grounds.<\/p>\n<p>But none of the requests have been acted upon yet, DHS told the Functional Government Initiative (FGI), the watchdog that obtained the data.<\/p>\n<p> Mandate Halted <\/p>\n<p>Biden ordered agencies to implement the mandate in September 2021. Government workers were told to get vaccinated, but that they could apply for medical or religious exemptions.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration was sued over the mandate, with lawsuits alleging it was unconstitutional.\u00a0Feds for Medical Freedom, a group of government workers, filed one of the suits.<\/p>\n<p>The group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bidens-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-for-federal-workers-blocked-nationwide_4227992.html\">won an injunction<\/a> against the mandate in January.\u00a0U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, said the mandate was outside of the president\u2019s powers.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s vaccine workforce, based on the ruling, told agencies to \u201ctake no action to implement or enforce\u201d the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>In compliance with the injunction, \u201cDHS halted the review process and has not taken any action to implement or enforce the vaccination requirement\u201d as of Jan. 24, Rosemary Law, a DHS Freedom of Information Act officer, told\u00a0FGI in documents reviewed by The Epoch Times. That means no exemptions have been granted, she indicated.<\/p>\n<p> Limbo <\/p>\n<p>The watchdog asserts the government should continue processing the requests, so that employees know if they\u2019re<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 22,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees have sought exemptions to the U.S. government\u2019s federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, but all of the requests remain in limbo, according to newly obtained documents. Key agencies within DHS could face a massive loss of workers if the requests aren\u2019t resolved, a watchdog warns. 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