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FBI Reassigned a Quarter of Its Employees to Immigration Enforcement Under Trump

HeadlineMay 04, 2026

The FBI multiplied the number of employees assigned to immigration enforcement by a factor of 23 in the first nine months of the second Trump administration, with over a quarter of staff assigned to assist on “immigration-related matters.” That’s according to The Intercept, which reports more than 6,500 FBI agents were diverted to immigration enforcement cases between Trump’s inauguration and last September. The shift has taken agents away from criminal probes, including investigations of child sexual exploitation, sex trafficking, counterterrorism, corporate fraud and white-collar crimes.

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