FBI shifts immigration agent cases to HSI after recent fatal shootings, sources say
Summary
The FBI will stop investigating cases involving attacks on immigration agents and will pass those investigations to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), part of the agency that oversees immigration enforcement. This change follows recent fatal shootings involving immigration officers in Texas and Maine.Key Facts
- The FBI informed its offices on Thursday about no longer handling assault cases on immigration agents.
- Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which is under Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will take over these investigations.
- ICE and HSI are both part of the Department of Homeland Security.
- Two recent fatal shootings involved ICE officers in Houston, Texas, and Biddeford, Maine.
- The FBI expanded efforts earlier this year in Minnesota to investigate attacks on immigration officers.
- Some earlier assault cases in Minnesota were dropped after prosecutors reviewed the evidence.
- There has been controversy over which agency should lead investigations into shootings involving immigration officers.
- HSI typically does not handle officer-involved shootings and may lack resources needed for such investigations.
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