Trump Admin Arms New Special Agent Force To Crack Down On Immigration Fraud
Melissa O'RourkeSeptember 5, 20250 46
https://dailycaller.com/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is creating its own armed law-enforcement team to crack down on immigration fraud and protect the integrity of the immigration system, the agency announced Thursday.
The agency primarily responsible for issuing citizenship, visas and green cards is training special law enforcement agents to investigate, make arrests and pursue criminal charges against those who violate immigration laws, according to the USCIS press release. The change implements Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s delegation of certain law enforcement authorities to the USCIS, and is part of the Trump administration’s broader, whole-of-government approach to addressing illegal immigration.
“USCIS has always been an enforcement agency. By upholding the integrity of our immigration system, we enforce the laws of this nation,” said USCIS Director Joseph Edlow in a statement. “This historic moment will better address immigration crimes, hold those that perpetrate immigration fraud accountable, and act as a force multiplier for DHS and our federal law enforcement partners, including the Joint Terrorism Task Force.”Until now, USCIS has handled fraud investigations through the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate, which referred cases to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to The Wall Street Journal. Those officers did not carry weapons or make arrests.
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