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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levin

US abandons child exploitation and drug cases to prioritize ICE, Democrats allege

Federal agents and protesters
Federal agents block people protesting against ICE after a raid on a farm near Camarillo, California. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

The Trump administration has abandoned efforts to combat child exploitation, human trafficking and cartels as it diverts thousands of law enforcement personnel to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Democratic senators said in a letter to the White House.

Ruben Gallego of Arizona, along with 28 other Democratic senators and one independent, wrote to the president, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday demanding that federal officials provide a “full accounting” of officers who have been redirected to immigration enforcement and a list of all investigations affected by the reassignments.

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