Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that her agency has found people responsible for leaking information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions and that punishment is forthcoming.
“I have found some leakers,” she said last week during an interview with The Epoch Times. “We are continuing to get more. They will be fired and there will be consequences.”
She said that her department used “every tactic,” including administering polygraph tests and examining communications and emails, to find those responsible.
Noem’s announcement last week came after The Los Angeles Times published a story earlier this month detailing an ICE operation that was in the works based on a leaked memo.
“The FBI is so corrupt,” she said on X in a post on X in reference to the story. “We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law.”
The FBI Agents Association dismissed Noem’s allegations, the outlet noted.
“FBI Special Agents serve our country every day with integrity, upholding the Constitution to protect the American people from national security and criminal threats,” the group said on X.
“The FBIAA fully endorses the following statement released by the Bureau’s press office on February 14,” it said before adding the aforementioned statement.
“The facts show the FBI has been standing shoulder to shoulder with our DHS partners across the country to lawfully support their immigration enforcement efforts. We have thousands of FBI personnel supporting these operations, including special agents embedded on DHS enforcement teams, intelligence analysts, linguists, and professional staff, all of whom are dedicated professionals deserving of respect. The FBI contribution to DHS’s immigration enforcement operations is nothing less than our full partnership, which has resulted in well over a thousand arrests and lawful detentions. Nearly two hundred of these involved felony arrest warrants, including some subjects of FBI investigations with gang affiliations or a nexus to terrorism. We will continue to lean forward with our partners to prioritize the safety of the communities we all serve together,” it said.
“Making unfounded allegations calling FBI agents corrupt is deeply irresponsible and has not been supported by any evidence to date. As always, if violations of policy or the law are properly reported, the FBI will treat this with the utmost seriousness and take appropriate action. Unless evidence of violations is presented, such comments undermine the men and women of the FBI. The FBI invites DHS to partner in determining the source of any leaked information and working together professionally to ensure the safety and security of ongoing immigration enforcement operations,” it said.
Border Czar Tom Homan said that the FBI leaked information about upcoming raids that would target illegal immigrants and said that those responsible would go to jail.
“We think it’s coming from inside,” he said, speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News on Tuesday, referring to leaks to the media about recent ICE raids in Colorado.
Homan also said that the FBI was to blame for the leak of information about a big raid that was going to happen in California before the end of the month. He said, “Some of the information we are receiving tends towards the FBI.”
It is said that the raid was so big that FBI and DEA agents are being sent to help ICE agents.
Homan stated that it was inevitable that the leaks would cause harm to the officers and that it was possible that “bad guys” were waiting for the officers to arrive and set them up.
Hannity asked Homan how certain he was that the FBI is involved, and he replied, “I talked to the deputy attorney general this week, and they’ve opened up a criminal investigation. He thinks the information is coming from [the FBI].”
Criminal investigations are taking place to try and identify those responsible for leaking information about the raids, he said.
“We’ll let that investigation play out,” he said, adding, “But some of the leads point that way.”