Drug and weapons seizures by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) dropped sharply over the past fiscal year as the Department of Homeland Security reassigned special agents from complex criminal cases to support President Trump's expanded immigration enforcement effort, according to internal data reviewed by The New York Times.
The report shows that narcotics arrests fell by about 11 percent, new narcotics investigations declined by 15 percent, and weapons seizures dropped from nearly 41,400 to fewer than 11,200 — a 73 percent decrease. At the same time, civil immigration arrests by HSI surged from about 5,000 to more than 94,500 as agents were shifted to locate and detain undocumented immigrants.
