The FBI has reportedly stopped investigating confrontations involving ICE agents, according to the New York Times. DHS and DOJ denied the policy change. The guidance would also end FBI investigations of assaults against DHS agents.
This shift comes after ICE agents killed two people in two weeks, in Maine and Texas. Those shootings are part of a broader pattern. ICE has also been accused of intimidating witnesses following its recent high-profile killings, raising direct questions about accountability inside an agency now apparently shielded from federal oversight.
The gap between what DHS and DOJ said publicly and what federal agents were reportedly told internally is the reason to read the full New York Times piece. The mechanics of how that guidance was communicated, and who issued it, matter more than the denial.
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