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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

A quarter of FBI agents are now assigned to immigration which could put other national security priorities at risk: report

Almost a quarter of the nation's FBI agents have been reassigned from investigations and national security work to immigration enforcement duties, according to new data released by Senator Mark Warner.

The Democrat shared his findings with The Washington Post, which reported that current and former FBI officials have noted lowered morale as agents are pulled from the complex investigations they joined the agency to conduct in order to execute President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

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