Ms. McLaughlin was one of the most prominent voices in the administration defending President Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, one of the most forceful defenders of President Trump’s hardline immigration agenda, is leaving the department next week, The Post has confirmed.

Tricia McLaughlin has become the public face defending the Trump administration's mass deportation policy and immigration tactics over the past year.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin will leave the department, two Trump administration officials told Reuters, a move that comes as public support for President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has dwindled.

A prominent spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security and Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts is leaving the administration amid growing outrage over a violent surge of immigration officers in Minnesota,