{"id":1535751,"date":"2025-05-13T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1535751"},"modified":"2025-05-13T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:30:00","slug":"fbi-deputy-director-says-illegal-immigrant-criminals-child-predators-are-top-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/fbi-deputy-director-says-illegal-immigrant-criminals-child-predators-are-top-priority\/1535751\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Deputy Director Says Illegal Immigrant Criminals, Child Predators Are Top Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"

FBI Deputy Director Says Illegal Immigrant Criminals, Child Predators Are Top Priority<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

The FBI is prioritizing removing illegal immigrants with criminal records and arresting child predators,<\/strong> the deputy director said on May 10.<\/p>\n

An FBI agent walks toward a crime scene, in this file photo. Mario Tama\/Getty Images<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201c[The FBI] workforce has been working overtime on task force operations to remove dangerous illegal aliens from the country. The work continues,\u201d FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, a former radio host, wrote in a lengthy post<\/a> on social media platform X.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you came here illegally to prey on our citizens, your days here are numbered.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

Such efforts are likely to ramp up in the coming weeks, Bongino said in the post, which he described as an operational update. He also said the agency is increasing enforcement against individuals who prey on children.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrimes against children are a priority for the workforce. Operation \u2018Restoring Justice,\u2019 where we locked up child predators and 764 subjects, in every part of the country, is just the beginning,\u201d he said, referring to a recent operation announced by the FBI.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to take your freedom if you take away a child\u2019s innocence<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hundreds of suspected child predators were arrested over a five-day period, and 115 children were rescued, the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) announced<\/a> on May 7.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in his post, Bongino said that the bureau would provide regular updates to Congress and is responding to high-profile cases that arose in recent years. These include the shooting at a congressional baseball game in 2017 that left Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) gravely injured, the 2023 Christian school shooting in Nashville, Crossfire Hurricane, the origins of COVID-19, and the release of files related to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are voluminous amounts of downloaded child sexual abuse material that we are dealing with,\u201d<\/strong> Bongino wrote in addressing the Epstein case. \u201cThere are also victims\u2019 statements that are entitled to specific protections. We need to do this correctly, but I do understand the public\u2019s desire to get the information out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said that the FBI is doing its \u201cbest in the current budgetary environment to prioritize the mission, act as good fiscal stewards, find waste and inefficiencies, and to enact reforms while moving the FBI forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

FBI Director Kash Patel told Congress on May 8 that he would make the bureau\u2019s mission \u201cwork on whatever budget we\u2019re given,\u201d a day after he said that he was seeking more funds than what the Trump administration had proposed.<\/p>\n

The 2026 budget proposal released in early May calls for a funding cut of about $545 million for the FBI as part of what the White House said was a desire to \u201creform and streamline\u201d the bureau and reduce \u201cnon-law enforcement missions that do not align\u201d with President Donald Trump\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy view is that we agree with this budget as it stands and [will] make it work for the operational necessity of the FBI, and as the head of the FBI, I was simply asking for more funds because I can do more with more money<\/strong>,\u201d Patel said in a Senate hearing.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 05\/13\/2025 – 06:30<\/span><\/p>\n

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