New Delhi, April 4 -- Conservative lawyer Harmeet Dhillon is US President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, the Republican-controlled US Senate confirmed on Thursday.

Dhillon will oversee criminal and civil work ranging from hate crime prosecutions and voting rights litigation, to investigating law enforcement agencies for engaging in patterns of discrimination, Reuters reported.

Harmeet Dhillon, 54, was born in Chandigarh. She moved to the US as a child with her parents. In 2016, she was the first Indian-American to appear on the stage of the GOP Convention in Cleveland.

Dhillon, a staunch Trump supporter, is the founder of the far-right Center for American Liberty. She founded civil rights ...