Trump's deportations divert FBI agents off child predator cases
8 hours ago
- #FBI
- #Domestic Terrorism
- #Immigration Enforcement
- President Trump's deportation program has shifted FBI priorities away from domestic terrorism.
- Approximately 20% of FBI agents (2,840) have been reassigned to immigration enforcement.
- Baltimore's domestic terrorism squad was reassigned, halting investigations into child exploitation networks.
- The '764 group' exploits children, coercing them into extreme and degrading acts, including self-harm.
- FBI resources are being diverted from public corruption, fraud, and foreign influence cases.
- FBI Director Kash Patel emphasizes violent crime and immigration enforcement as top priorities.
- Agents fear backlash for dissent, as Patel has fired senior executives to suppress opposition.
- Reallocating agents to immigration enforcement may leave the U.S. more vulnerable to extremist threats.