The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents from their normal duties to focus on arresting undocumented immigrants, undermining a wide range of law enforcement operations in response to mounting pressure from President Trump, a New York Times investigation has found.

Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children, for instance, have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown for weeks at a time, hampering their pursuit of child predators.

A national security probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down for months because of the shift to immigration work, allowing tanker ships and money to disappear.

And federal efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished with investigators reassigned to help staff deportation efforts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/dhs-agents-reassigned.html

 

Child predators, terrorists, and sex traffickers can rest a lot easier thanks to the newly diverted Dept. of Homeland Security. Chasing down illegals is so much more...ahem...diverting?

 

12 hours ago, Alan Zweibel said:

The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents from their normal duties to focus on arresting undocumented immigrants, undermining a wide range of law enforcement operations in response to mounting pressure from President Trump, a New York Times investigation has found.

Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children, for instance, have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown for weeks at a time, hampering their pursuit of child predators.

A national security probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down for months because of the shift to immigration work, allowing tanker ships and money to disappear.

And federal efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished with investigators reassigned to help staff deportation efforts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/dhs-agents-reassigned.html

 

Child predators, terrorists, and sex traffickers can rest a lot easier thanks to the newly diverted Dept. of Homeland Security. Chasing down illegals is so much more...ahem...diverting?

 

Perhaps you can help me here, Sir...

 

Do you know how many undocumented Russians have been picked up by ICE, especially Russians in the Russian Mafia?

 

I understand it's much easier to grab 73-year old South Asian grandmas than go after some rough and tumble, tatted up psychos in the Bratva, but if ICE sent a few of their stormtroopers to Brighton Beach, NY or into Trump Tower where some own condos, they could round up lots of guys who are more of a threat than some 26-year old Guatemalan garment workers in an LA factory or even more of a danger than MS-13 gang members.

 

I guess because the guys in the Bratva might take exception to ICE's tactics and maybe even take revenge on stormtroopers or their families, they don't really need proper documents. Those star tatts under their knees are all the documentation ICE stormtroopers need.

11 minutes ago, Wingate said:

Do you know how many undocumented Russians have been picked up by ICE, especially Russians in the Russian Mafia?

Are they undocumented or illegal aliens?

8 minutes ago, Wingate said:

Perhaps you can help me here, Sir...

 

Do you know how many undocumented Russians have been picked up by ICE, especially Russians in the Russian Mafia?

 

I understand it's much easier to grab 73-year old South Asian grandmas than go after some rough and tumble, tatted up psychos in the Bratva, but if ICE sent a few of their stormtroopers to Brighton Beach, NY or into Trump Tower where some own condos, they could round up lots of guys who are more of a threat than some 26-year old Guatemalan garment workers in an LA factory or even more of a danger than MS-13 gang members.

 

I guess because the guys in the Bratva might take exception to ICE's tactics and maybe even take revenge on stormtroopers or their families, they don't really need proper documents. Those star tatts under their knees are all the documentation ICE stormtroopers need.

I don't see what this has to do with the issue of the Dept. of Homeland Security diverting resources to rounding up illegal immigrants. If you want to start a topic about how the Dept is failing to go after certain classes of illegal immigrants, you should do it.

49 minutes ago, Wingate said:

Do you know how many undocumented Russians have been picked up by ICE, especially Russians in the 

 

 

1. ICE Flight Data
   • According to ICE Flight Monitor (Human Rights First), there were at least two removal flights in 2025 that involved Russian nationals.
   • Those flights transferred detained Russians from the U.S. to Egyptian custody, and then (according to reports) onward to Russia.
   • In Foreign Policy, it’s reported that 30–60 Russians (asylum seekers) were deported on an ICE flight in August 2025.
   • The PeaceWorker similarly reports ~80 Russians (asylum seekers) were deported in June and August 2025.
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3. Numbers from Other Sources
   • Foreign Policy also cites an estimate that around 1,000 Russians were detained by ICE in 2025 and at risk of deportation.
   • The Guardian reports that dozens of Russians have been deported back to Russia.
   • According to the Niskanen Center, ICE data shows 392 Russians were deported over a broader time period (not just 2025) — but that is not for 2025 specifically.
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5. Broader Deportation Trends
   • ICE’s annual report for FY 2024 shows 271,484 removals to 192 countries.
   • But, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) notes that in its breakdown of removals by country of citizenship (FY 2021–2024), Russia is not among the top countries for interior removals.
   • MPI also points out that some countries are “recalcitrant” (harder to repatriate) — meaning that removals to some nationalities can be more difficult.
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Why the Number Is Difficult to Pin Down

 

 

• ICE does not publicly break out removal (deportation) data by every nationality in its public dashboard in a detailed, timely way.
• Some Russians removed may be asylum seekers rather than “traditional” undocumented immigrants, 

 

 

 

 

This department and the very lowly ICE have become the new domestic terrorists, raiding homes, raiding places of work, with automatic weapons and  face masks, resembling a cartel sicario with their pursuit of their passion to make lives as miserable as possible for the average immigrant. Legal, or not. 

 

Trump is a true low life and he has very little understanding of what globalization means, and how valuable these immigrants are to the American economy. 

18 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

This department and the very lowly ICE have become the new domestic terrorists, raiding homes, raiding places of work, with automatic weapons and  face masks, resembling a cartel sicario with their pursuit of their passion to make lives as miserable as possible for the average immigrant. Legal, or not. 

 

Trump is a true low life and he has very little understanding of what globalization means, and how valuable these immigrants are to the American economy. 

Illegals and all other criminals should lead miserable lives!

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Illegals and all other criminals should lead miserable lives!

Jaywalkers, particularly. if they get run over by a vehicle, that's because they were asking for it!!!

26 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Illegals and all other criminals should lead miserable lives!

Many US corporations depend upon illegal workers as the visa system is completely broken. If it were reasonably efficient and foreign workers could easily get visas for menial work then there would be no need for people to enter the US illegally. This conversation is always dumbed down because the people who are the most adamant about ousting illegal aliens are the ones who have virtually no understanding of the quota system and the way the immigration system works in the US. 

8 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Many US corporations depend upon illegal workers as the visa system is completely broken. If it were reasonably efficient and foreign workers could easily get visas for menial work then there would be no need for people to enter the US illegally. This conversation is always dumbed down because the people who are the most adamant about ousting illegal aliens are the ones who have virtually no understanding of the quota system and the way the immigration system works in the US. 

Corporations are the problem, not the answer.

Just now, BritManToo said:

Corporations are the problem, not the answer.

You mean the Corporations that employ folk...Riiiiiiiight.......🤫

12 minutes ago, transam said:

You mean the Corporations that employ folk...Riiiiiiiight.......🤫

 

Correct. Its against the law for them to do so, time to go after the food, then the cockroaches wont bother coming around.
At least that how i've always gotten rid of them, keep the kitchen clean