The head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said more than 100 employees decided “they’d rather not do what their job requires them to do.”

The Justice Department's division tasked with enforcing the nation's federal civil rights laws has recently seen a mass exodus of "over 100" attorneys.

More than 100 attorneys have submitted their resignations, Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, said in an interview.