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Original Date Announced
January 22, 2025Acting Secretary for Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memo authorizing DOJ law enforcement officials and other employees to investigate, locate, and apprehend noncitizens in violation of Title 8, Chapter 12 or regulations thereunder and to enforce any requirements of such states and regulations.
Employees granted this authority include law enforcement officers with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and any other DOJ employee as approved by the Attorney General. The intent of this authorization pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1103(a)(4), (6) is to grant these employees "the same authority already granted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
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2025.01.22 - DHS Memo "DOJ Immigration Officer Authorization"Effective Date
January 22, 2025Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Enforcement Interior BorderAssociated or Derivative Policies
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Commentary
2025.02.04 Letter to Acting Attorney General McHenry Re: DOJ Resources to Immigration
House Judiciary Committee members sent a letter to Acting Attorney General McHenry expressing concern and requesting information regarding a recent DOJ memo and this DHS directive to divert law enforcement officials and prosecutors away from criminal, counterterrorism, and drug interdiction efforts to instead focus on immigration enforcement.
Go to article03.24.25 Reuters: Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown
Reuters reports that thousands of agents who previously worked to hunt down child abusers and terrorists, prevent human trafficking, and stop money laundering and tax fraud, among other things, have been assigned to immigration enforcement. This is the most significant reorganization of federal law enforcement since September 11, 2001.
Go to article2024.04.25 Judges Worry Trump Could Tell U.S. Marshals to Stop Protecting Them - NYT
The New York Times reports that judges at the biannual meeting of the Judicial Conference discussed their concern over whether the Trump administration might move to limit or revoke security provided by the U.S. Marshals Service for the federal judiciary after the administration "gave the marshals, along with other law enforcement agencies, the new power to enforce immigration laws. That move prompted Judge Edmond E. Chang, who chairs the Judicial Conference’s criminal law committee, to write a memo to all district-court and magistrate judges warning about the potential impact on the marshals’ ability to protect them.
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