Hundreds of federal civilian workers in Hawaii may be part of mass layoffs that began Friday by the White House amid a national government shutdown.

U.S. Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii) made the estimate Friday in the absence of any public information on the size of the layoffs from the Trump administration.

A lack of specifics is fueling concern and criticism from Democrats in Congress, and fear among federal workers.

“The administration is purposely obscuring details both nationally and for Hawaii,” Case said in a statement.

Case said it appears that targeted employees are largely outside areas of defense and veterans affairs, instead focusing largely on employees who are currently furloughed because of no federal funding.

Out of roughly 25,000 federal employees in Hawaii that exclude milit

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