Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations

The New York Times ^ | Nov. 16, 2025 Updated 9:09 a.m. ET | Nicholas Nehamas, Michael H. Keller, Alexandra Berzon, Hamed Aleaziz, Zolan Kanno-Youngs

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Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.

The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents from their normal duties to focus on arresting undocumented immigrants, undermining a wide range of law enforcement operations in response to mounting pressure from President Trump, a New York Times investigation has found.

Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children, for instance, have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown for weeks at a time, hampering their pursuit of child predators.

A national security probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down for months because of the shift to immigration work, allowing tanker ships and money to disappear.

And federal efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished with investigators reassigned to help staff deportation efforts.

The changes have extended deep into D.H.S.’s public-safety mission, as the Coast Guard has diverted aircraft to transport immigrants between detention centers and the department’s law enforcement academy has delayed training for many agencies to prioritize new immigration officers.

The Times investigation is based on previously undisclosed internal documents from D.H.S. — including statistical reports about department workloads, search warrants and arrests — obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The Times also spoke with more than 65 officials who have worked in the federal government during the current Trump administration, in addition to local authorities and others who collaborate with the department. Most of them spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters and out of fear of retribution.

The overhaul represents a striking departure for the behemoth agency that Congress created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The Homeland Security Department was tasked with preventing...

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.

NOW the slimes is concerned about "child abuse, trafficking and terrorism" after four years of wide open borders and millions of human beings trafficked across it.

[GrumpyOldGuy]

Undocumented… Illegal aliens. Anytime says “undocumented”, they immediately lose credibility.

[pepsi_junkie]

Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.

As if open borders aren't THE biggest contributor to child abuse (not in the domestic family sense, that's not HLS domain), trafficking and terrorism.

[goodnesswins]

Are thses people THAT STUPID??

[Retain Mike]

So, the NYT pretends we all except the idea that illegal aliens are not a primary source of child abuse, trafficking and terrorism? Yes, about half the country is that dumb.

[DeplorablePaul]

Right. The NYT didn’t complain about the diversion of DHS resources to process millions of illegal aliens crossing an open border. The NYT is a joke.

[old curmudgeon]

I had to quit reading tis.

The author obviously has one purpose only, and that is to discredit the president.+

When you rid the country of one criminal,you prevent multiple crimes....maybe only one or two but maybe hundreds, depending upon the criminal’s energy and skill.

[PIF]

"So, the NYT pretends we all except the idea that illegal aliens are not a primary source of child abuse, trafficking and terrorism? Yes, about half the country is that dumb."

We all know that illegal undocumented people from other countries are mostly peaceful, angelic, cherub-like, sweet as a peach pie. They would never dream of committing crimes like crossing a border without permission, raping a child [ God forbid ] or murder, rob, terrorize others, randomly beat people, etc.

The NYT is just speaking the honest truth.

[Retain Mike]

Oh, thank you. I am sooo reassured.

[jacknhoo]

DEI at its finest — look how many people it takes to write an article that used to take just one person:

Nicholas Nehamas, Michael H. Keller, Alexandra Berzon, Hamed Aleaziz, Zolan Kanno-Youngs

[catnipman]

NYT article took FIVE authors: that always means five times as many lies ...

[PIF]

Oh, thank you. I am sooo reassured.

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Soothing wasn’t it? Now all your worries just fade away ...

[AndyJackson]

No. They are THAT EVIL.

[goodnesswins]

Yeah...that too...bad combo