FBI Asked To Focus On Immigration, As DOJ Scale Back White Collar Cases

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WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The FBI ordered agents on Monday to devote more time to immigration enforcement and scale back investigating white-collar crime, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the Justice Department issued new guidance on what white-collar cases will be prioritized.

In a series of meetings, FBI agents were told by their field offices they would need to start devoting about one third of their time to helping the Trump administration crack down on illegal immigration.
 

Pursuing white-collar cases, they were told, will be deprioritized for at least the remainder of 2025, said the people, who requested anonymity to discuss private conversations.

Reuters could not immediately determine how many field offices were informed of the change, or whether it would apply to agents across the country.

An FBI spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment.

The orders came on the same day that Matthew Galeotti, the head of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, issued new guidance to prosecutors that scales back the scope of white-collar cases historically pursued by the department and orders prosecutors to "minimize the length and collateral impact" of such investigations.

 

Immigration enforcement has largely not been the purview of the Justice Department's law enforcement agencies in the past.

But as President Donald Trump has stepped up an immigration crackdown, thousands of federal law enforcement officials from multiple agencies have beenenlisted to take on new work as immigration enforcers, pulling crime-fighting resources away from other areas.

Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have also previously announced they will scale back efforts to prosecute certain kinds of white-collar offenses, including public corruption, foreign bribery, kleptocracy and foreign influence.

As part of those efforts, the Criminal Division has also been reviewing corporate monitorships that companies were required to install as a condition of settling criminal cases. Several of them have since been ended early, while others have continued.

In Monday's memo, Galeotti laid out the categories of cases that will be prioritized to include health care fraud, trade and customs fraud, elder securities fraud, complex money laundering including "Chinese Money Laundering Organizations," and cases against financial gatekeepers who enable terrorists, transnational criminal organizations and cartels, among others.
 

He said the department will also update its whistleblower award pilot program to encourage tips on cases that lead to forfeiture, such as those involving cartels and transnational criminal organizations, violations of federal immigration law, corporate sanctions offenses, procurement fraud, trade, tariff and customs fraud, and providing material support to terrorists.

The memo also instructs prosecutors to carefully consider whether corporate misconduct "warrants federal criminal prosecution."

 

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[SpadesToStart 3,853]

The election of such a blatantly corrupt administration will make me feel shame to be an American for the rest of my life.

[Lord Mayhem 3,615]

It's amazing to me how Trump and his administration are so obsessed about illegal immigrants but continue to ignore MAJOR issues in the country like the rising cost of living, unemployment, tarrifs (he imposed), etc...

Now FBI agents are gonna be knocking on people's doors...sheesh

[Lucas 31,522]

8 hours ago, SpadesToStart said:

make me feel shame to be an American for the rest of my life.

it's not a shame to be american, it's a shame to be republican/MAGA

[Addison Rae 18,248]

we will look back on this time with such contempt, how did the american people vote to allow such a corrupt presidency to take place

[LaLa 19,911]

They're shutting down the X-Files again aren't they?! 

(but seriously this is so blatantly corrupt, good lord)

[Lord Mayhem 3,615]

17 hours ago, Addison Rae said:

we will look back on this time with such contempt, how did the american people vote to allow such a corrupt presidency to take place

I dont think he got the votes...I honestly think MAGA Republicans are just a loud minority and Elon helped rig those numbers when they stupidly decided to use Elons tech to count votes...dumb af

I don't believe in convenient coincidences...this was all part of the Project 2025 MAGA plan...Everyone had their motives to get Trump in the white house because he would be an easier tool to get their agenda pushed than if Kamala won...

[ALGAYDO 35,426]

The way our boss (company owner) held a meeting and told us to NOT let any agents inside without a warrant cause he’s scared that ICE will show up at our doorstep to gather up and deport our valuable employees like if they were cattle….. I absolutely cannot wait til the nation has to have a funeral for a certain mutated orange