Multiple outlets report that the FBI has been told it will no longer investigate confrontations involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, citing a New York Times report. The New York Times says federal agents received new guidance ending or limiting FBI involvement in such incidents. The report links the alleged shift to renewed scrutiny of ICE violence, after ICE agents have killed two people.
However, both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deny that any change in oversight or policy has occurred. According to the accounts summarized here, DOJ and DHS tell the New York Times that they have not implemented guidance that would remove or reduce FBI investigative authority over these cases.
The articles therefore present a conflict between a reported internal directive and official denials from the departments involved. The reporting describes the alleged instruction as affecting how federal agents handle confrontations involving ICE, while the government responses maintain that existing oversight arrangements have not changed.
