The American Senator DHS urges to investigate whether the agents have been transferred from criminal cases to deportation

Since February, numerous news Reports They claimed that a large number of agents in internal security investigations (HSI) – the wing investigating the Ministry of Internal Security, which focuses on national crimes such as the exploitation of children, human trafficking and drug gangs – were withdrawn from cases of exploitation of children and disinfected to impose and impose immigration and distances.

On Tuesday, American Senator Ron Widin, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Public Security, Joseph Kofari, urged “immediate investigation” to conduct an investigation into the validity and extent of these reports on HSI, in a letter exclusively with WIRE. Inspector General Kofari Power To conduct audits or investigations into any activities or operations in DHS.

“Instead of imprisoning the rapists, predators of children and other violent criminals, it seems that Trump (US President Donald) turns investigators to target chefs, farmer workers and students.” “Congress and the American people will not tolerate the Trump administration, ignoring the continuous sexual assault of children. Accordingly, we urge you to immediately investigate these disturbing reports.”

“There is no excuse for withdrawing investigators away from the most heinous cases involved in the exploitation of children,” Widen told Wired, adding that “nothing should be a higher priority than protecting children in danger.”

WIRED called many of the US -based children’s care and invitation organizations to make a comment for this article, but they did not respond or refused to comment on the record. An official from one of these organizations, who asked not to be identified, claimed that their organization could not provide a comment for this story because of the fear of revenge on the Trump administration.

In February, The United States mentioned today The “entire investigation department” in HSI will turn its focus primarily into migration arrests and deportation, in contrast to its exemplary work. Then, Reuters In March She stated that HSI agents have been “re -assigned” actively from cases that were working on the exploitation of children, money laundering issues, drug trafficking, and tax fraud. Then they were assigned to enforce immigration. At the time, Democratic Senator told Dick Dorbin to the port that this shift was “the conversion of misleading and misleading resources” was “making America less safe.”

Atlantic Ocean It was mentioned in July The veteran HSI agent said that the division was putting the major criminal investigations to wait and sometimes not choosing not to address new cases – including drug issues, human trafficking issues, and cases of exploitation of children – in order to provide agents for the routine of routine impulses to enforce immigration.

The transformation of HSI reported in priorities after the National Center for missing children and exploiters said it had received that 20.5 million advice The exploitation of suspected children in 2024.

the Risk Including artificial intelligence Using abuse materials– It is also the HSI field – can Also to reach the crisis levels. In 2024, NCMC received About 67,000 advice About the abuse material that was created from suspected artificial intelligence-an increase of 325 percent over 2023, when 4,700 of these tips received.