DOJ orders FBI, DEA to guard ICE facilities
Attorney General Pam Bondi signed a Department of Justice memo directing agents from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and other DOJ components to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement in guarding ICE facilities. The directive, reported by CBS News, represents an interagency security posture change by DOJ aimed at providing law‑enforcement support at ICE sites across the United States.
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🔍 Key Facts
- Attorney General Pam Bondi signed a DOJ memo instructing FBI, DEA and other Justice Department agencies to assist in guarding ICE facilities.
- The action was reported by CBS News in a video segment by Camilo Montoya‑Galvez.
- The memo is an official, internal DOJ directive (primary document cited in reporting) affecting federal law‑enforcement deployments to ICE sites.
📍 Contextual Background
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes search warrants at residences and family homes as part of criminal investigations.
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigates incidents of targeted violence.
- The Department of Homeland Security released a statement saying the officer was being relieved of current duties while a full investigation was conducted and denouncing the officer's conduct as unacceptable.
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation led the investigation, described the incident as an act of targeted violence, and sent about 100 federal agents to Grand Blanc Township.
- Video footage captured an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer pushing a visibly upset Ecuadoran woman to the ground outside an immigration court at the 26 Federal Plaza building in Manhattan.
- New York Representative Dan Goldman and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the ICE officer and consider potential prosecution related to the incident.
- Two U.S. officials told CBS News that the ICE officer who was captured on video pushing the woman was returned to duty after a preliminary review of the incident.