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The FBI has handed off immigration agent shooting cases to HSI and won't investigate ICE incidents anymore, following deadly shootings in Maine and Houston. Border czar Tom Homan claims anti-ICE rhetoric is driving violence against officers.
The FBI has handed off its investigations of immigration agent shootings to Homeland Security Investigations and announced it won't handle ICE shooting cases anymore. This follows deadly incidents in Maine and Houston. Border Czar Tom Homan has blamed anti-ICE rhetoric for fueling violence against officers, linking the investigative shift to a political narrative about activist rhetoric.
Removing the FBI from investigating shootings by federal agents is a structural change that favors the agency being investigated. HSI answers to ICE's parent organization, creating an obvious conflict of interest. Homan's public framing—that anti-deportation activists are responsible for violence—also preempts scrutiny of the shootings themselves, shifting blame away from the officers involved.
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