Under Patel, FBI heightens focus on violent crime, illegal immigration. Other threats abound, too

WASHINGTON (AP) — When federal authorities arrested an accused leader of the MS-13 gang , Kash Patel was there to announce the case, trumpeting it as a step toward returning "our communities to safety.”

Weeks later, when the Justice Department announced the seizure of $510 million in illegal narcotics bound for the U.S, the FBI director joined other law enforcement leaders in front of a Coast Guard ship in Florida and stacks of intercepted drugs to highlight the haul.