DHS Redeploying Officers to Border for ‘Menial’ Tasks, Says Sen. Hawley Citing Whistleblowers

Published on November 29, 2023

A Senate Republican, citing whistleblowers, said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was reassigning personnel from public safety areas to do “menial” tasks coping with illegal immigration at the United States-Mexico border In a Nov. 29 Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Richard Cline, the Director of the Federal Protective Service (FPS) under DHS, regarding the reassignment of FPS officers to the southern border amid the persistent surge in illegal immigration. The senator expressed concern over critical issues such as child abuse, child trafficking, and fentanyl investigations being sidelined due to officers being redirected to address immigration challenges....