US EditionFBI Shifts Focus: Immigration Takes Priority Over White-Collar Crime
- The FBI ordered agents on May 13, 2025, to dedicate about one-third of their work to immigration enforcement nationwide, reducing white-collar crime cases.
- This shift responds to President Trump's intensified immigration crackdown and new Justice Department guidance scaling back white-collar crime prosecutions.
- Multiple FBI field offices communicated the reprioritization to agents, who will deprioritize white-collar cases through 2025 to support immigration efforts, including in Southern California.
- Matthew Galeotti stated that prosecutors should "minimize the length and collateral impact" of white-collar investigations while prioritizing cases tied to fraud, money laundering, and terrorism.
- The reallocation may limit white-collar crime investigations but aims to bolster immigration enforcement, causing community concerns about increased federal enforcement actions.
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DailyTruthReportReport: FBI to Prioritize Immigration Enforcement, Scale Back White-Collar Crime Investigations
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has ordered agents to direct more attention to purging illegal aliens from the United States, with sources telling Reuters that they were told to deprioritize white-collar crime investigations to devote more time to immigration enforcement. Investigating white-collar cases will remain deprioritized for the rest of 2025 at least, four people familiar with the matter told the outlet on Monday. The sources…
Report: FBI to Prioritize Immigration Enforcement Over White-Collar Crime
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has ordered agents to direct more attention to purging illegal aliens from the United States, with sources telling Reuters that they were told to deprioritize white-collar crime investigations to devote more time to immigration enforcement. The post Report: FBI to Prioritize Immigration Enforcement, Scale Back White-Collar Crime Investigations appeared first on Breitbart.
Trump Aims to Use More FBI, Drug and Gun Agents to Pursue Immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is directing more FBI, drug and gun agents toward immigration enforcement as it ramps up a crackdown across more than two dozen U.S. cities in the coming days, according to five people familiar with the…
Trump administration tasking FBI agents with immigration operations, memo shows
More agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are being tasked to perform immigration enforcement duties nationwide, including in Southern California. A memo obtained by NBC News shows 45% of all agents in the 25 largest field offices will shift focus to work on immigration full time. In Los Angeles, nine squads are slated to be created for Enforcement and Removal Operations targeting undocumented immigrants who’ve overstayed their visa, …
The DSR Daily for May 14: FBI Prioritizing Immigration Over White Collar Crime? - The DSR Network
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