DHS defends the agents after Durbin claims the misappropriation of criminal affairs

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Internal Security defended its agents after Senator Dick Durbin, D-ill., Said they were diverted to target dangerous criminals to bring together illegal immigrants, like gardeners “, many of whom represent no threats.”

Durbin, a classification member of the Senate’s judicial committee, was expressed during a Tuesday audience entitled “Beyond the Smash and Grab: Criminal Networks and Organized Tolft” when he noted the various roles of federal police forces in the fight against organized crime and organized retail, in particular the surveys on internal security (HSI).

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Senator Dick Durbin was criticized on Wednesday by the Ministry of Internal Security for his remarks on federal police. (HSI Los Angeles)

“But we recognize that this administration has announced various priorities,” he said. “In this administration, HSI has been diverted to the rally of immigrants, many of whom are no threat to this country.”

In an article on X, DHS noted that the own state of Durbin, Illinois, provides a sanctuary to criminal illegal immigrants.

“The courageous men and women of HSI that Durbin’s attacks obtain the worst of the worst streets,” said the post. “The senator should thank them, do not attack them.”

The DHS Post said that remarks like those made by the senator have contributed to more than an 830% increase in attacks on US immigration and customs’ application (ICE) “, which has put life at stake every day to stop illegal criminal aliens to protect and defend the life of American citizens.”

The Democrat accuses Trump’s administration of having diverted the “critical resources” of the fight against theft of retail organized

In a statement to Fox News Digital, a White House spokesman said immigration security was national security.

“Look no further than the terrorist, who was illegally in the United States, who bombed elderly Jewish women, or the Countless foreign criminal foreigners This ice removes American communities, “said the statement.” The application of our immigration laws and the elimination of illegal foreigners are a major means of President Trump makes America again. “”

“But the president can walk and chew eraser at the same time – we hold all responsible criminals, whether illegal foreigners or American citizens. This is why national murder rates have national scale have fallThe fugitives on the most sought after FBI list were captureand the police are authorized To do their job, unlike the Soft-On-Crime regime of the Biden administration. “”

Durbin cited a report that he said that HSI agents of states had been moved to new cases to take time for the application of immigration.

“A veteran agent said” no drug cases, no human trafficking, no children’s exploitation. “It is exasperating. It is not the actions of a serious administration in the fight against crime,” concluded Durbin. “The entertainment of federal resources endangers the Americans and leaves us less equipped to target and disturb criminals like those of the organized retail flight.”

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Fox News Digital contacted the Durbin office and the White House.