New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- The Donald Trump administration on Friday took action to fire over 400 employees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of a broader initiative to slash the federal workforce.

As reported by CBS News, DHS officials stated that hundreds of employees were dismissed across various agencies, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which handles the country's immigration system.

The terminations affected "non-mission critical personnel in probationary status", said the report.

"Under President Trump's leadership, we are making sweeping cuts and reform across the federal gover...