DOJ Has Largely Stepped Back From Investigating Dozens of Shootings by Immigration Agents, Report Finds

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche attends a 9/11 memorial ceremony in the courtyard of the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department headquarters on September 08, 2026 in Washington, DC. The ceremony was held at the base of a Callery pear tree that was seeded from the 9/11 Survivor Tree and planted in the courtyard in 2015. (Credit: Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Justice Department has taken few visible steps to investigate dozens of shootings involving federal immigration agents during the Trump administration's nationwide enforcement crackdown, often leaving inquiries to offices within the Department of Homeland Security, according to reporting by The Washington Post.

The approach contrasts with past Justice Department practice in high-profile law enforcement shootings, when the FBI and the department's Civil Rights Division often played central roles in determining whether officers violated federal law.