{"id":2221755,"date":"2024-04-15T19:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-investigative-unit-scrubs-ice-connection-so-sanctuary-cities-might-cooperate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T19:25:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:25:26","slug":"dhs-investigative-unit-scrubs-ice-connection-so-sanctuary-cities-might-cooperate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-investigative-unit-scrubs-ice-connection-so-sanctuary-cities-might-cooperate\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Unit Removes ICE Link to Encourage Cooperation in Sanctuary Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdhs-investigative-unit-scrubs-ice-connection-so-sanctuary-cities-might-cooperate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2221755&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a division of the Department\u2062 of \u2064Homeland Security \u2064focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-scott-introduce-bill-targeting-venezuelas-maduro\/\" title=\"Rubio, Scott Introduce Bill Targeting Venezuela\u2019s Maduro\">transnational crime<\/a>, is rebranding itself to enhance collaboration with Democratic-controlled cities. HSI is separating\u200c itself from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)\u2063 to mitigate\u2064 political challenges in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">sanctuary cities<\/a>. This move \u2063aims to allow HSI agents to operate without the negative connotations associated with ICE.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The branch of the Department of Homeland Security that handles transnational criminal investigations is rebranding itself in the hopes that major Democratic-controlled cities will cooperate with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Department of Homeland Security\u2019s investigative branch, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), is rebranding and scrubbing agents\u2019 contact information of connections to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under which HSI technically exists. HSI officials have complained that the politics connected to ICE have made their jobs increasingly difficult in areas with \u201csanctuary city\u201d laws, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2024\/04\/15\/homeland-security-immigration-customs-enforcement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Washington Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHSI\u2019s \u2018independent branding\u2019 will allow its agents \u2018to work without the undue toxicity that in some places comes with the ICE moniker,&#8217;\u201d according to the Post. \u201cThey\u2019ll still be part of ICE, just like the Marines are part of the Department of the Navy,\u201d ICE acting director Patrick Lechleitner said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HSI will roll out a new website empty of references to ICE, as well as a new agency insignia and badges for its agents that are similarly free of the ICE connection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To make HSI an independent agency, which is what some officials have pushed for over the politics connected to ICE, an act of Congress would be required. The rebranding can avoid the hassle of navigating Capitol Hill while having the same effect, or so the hope goes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HSI agents have been repeatedly blocked or refused information from local officials and police departments that operate under areas with sanctuary city laws. HSI officials say the agency\u2019s connection to ICE gives people the wrong impression. Though HSI operates under ICE, it does not handle the arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants. HSI\u2019s main focus is investigating transnational crime and gangs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe try to the best ability within the entire agency to be apolitical,\u201d Lechleitner said. \u201cWe\u2019re not a political organization. We\u2019re a law enforcement, national security, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-over-600-migrants-discovered-in-trailers-near-southern-border\/\" title=\"Mexico: Over 600 Migrants Discovered In Trailers Near Southern Border\">public safety agency<\/a>. However, it was affecting HSI\u2019s ability to conduct operations and investigations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Department of Homeland Security has fallen deeper into divisive politics under President Joe Biden. The House impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who now awaits his trial in the Senate. House lawmakers impeached Mayorkas, the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-staggering-levels-of-fraud-with-more-than-100-billion-in-covid-19-aid-misspent-or-stolen\/\" title=\"Report: \u2018Staggering\u2019 Levels Of Fraud, With More Than 0 Billion In Covid-19 Aid \u2018Misspent\u2019 Or Stolen\">cabinet secretary<\/a> to be impeached in 150 years, on two articles for \u201cwillful and systemic refusal to comply with the law\u201d and \u201cbreach of public trust.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illegal immigration into the United States has exploded under Biden and Mayorkas\u2019 tenure. The monthly record for the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">illegal border crossings<\/a> was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-border-crossings-mexico-biden-18ac91ef502e0c5433f74de6cc629b32\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">broken<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in December when Border Patrol agents reported just under 250,000 arrests at the southern border. The numbers have fallen slightly since the start of the year, though they remain at historically high levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a division of the Department of Homeland Security focusing on transnational crime, is rebranding to improve collaboration with Democratic cities. 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