The FBI reportedly won’t investigate ICE anymore

July 19, 2026 Terrence O’Brien

ICE agents hide behind masks while skulking through the halls of immigration court. | Image: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

According to the The New York Times, federal agents have been told that the FBI will no longer be investigating confrontations involving ICE agents. The DHS and DOJ denied the change in policy to The Times.

The reported change in guidance follows renewed scrutiny of violence by ICE agents who have killed two people in the last two weeks. The shootings in Maine and Texas were just the latest civilian deaths at the hands of ICE agents, who have attempted to intimidate witnesses following its recent spate of high-profile killings.

The new guidance would end FBI investigations of assaults against DHS agents. The government has aggressively pu …

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