Twenty-one staffers with Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency have resigned, citing their disapproval of his actions under President Donald Trump.We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations, the DOGE staffers wrote in a joint resignation letter, per The Associated Press on Tuesday. However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments. We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans sensitive data or dismantle critical public services, they continued. We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGEs actions. The staffers who resigned were all originally employees of the United States Digital Service, a technology unit established during President Obamas second term in 2014. The unit was renamed and reorganized in January via executive order by Trump into the Musk-headed DOGE. In their resignation letter, the former USDS staffers recounted how they were interviewed the day after Trumps inauguration by figures wearing White House visitors badges who demonstrated limited technical ability.Several of these interviewers refused to identify themselves, asked questions about political loyalty, attempted to pit colleagues against each other, the workers, all of whom previously worked at tech companies such as Google and Amazon, recounted. This process created significant security risks.Forty USDS staffers were laid off following these interviews as part of Trump and Musks ongoing slashing of the federal governments workforce. Around 65 remaining workers were then incorporated into DOGE, 21 of whom have now resigned from their positions. These highly skilled civil servants were working to modernize Social Security, veterans services, tax filing, health care, disaster relief, student aid and other critical services, the letter mentioned of their laid-off co-workers. Their removal endangers millions of Americans who rely on these services every day. The sudden loss of their technology expertise makes critical systems and Americans data less safe. This mass resignation comes at a time when concerns about the safety and legality of Musk and Trumps drastic DOGE cuts are increasing at an exponential rate. Last week, Musk only further fueled those concerns by taking the stage at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and posing with a chainsaw, proclaiming, This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!