DHS fires senior CBP official for allegedly leaking sensitive information
A senior CBP official was marched out of Washington DC office after department discovered sensitive personnel information was leaked to the press
By Preston Mizell Fox News
Published February 7, 2026 10:28am EST
FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security fired a senior Customs and Border Protection official on Thursday after it was revealed that the officer was allegedly leaking sensitive, personal information about CBP personnel, as well as negotiations regarding the border wall to the press, sources within the department told Fox News Digital.
The official, who was unnamed, was marched out of his CBP office in Washington D.C., after DHS discovered the leak, sources said.
"As DHS law enforcement face an 8000% increase in death threats, leaking law enforcement sensitive information is abhorrently dangerous," a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "DHS is agnostic about your standing, tenure, political appointment, or status as a career civil servant — we will track down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law."
The news comes just days after a Fox News Digital investigation uncovered an underground communications network being used by anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators across the country. Tactics include the doxxing of agents, the tracking of license plates and releases of personal information about agents.more
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