McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- A nonprofit that assists migrants says it has tracked a disproportionate number of federal workers being reassigned to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carry out immigration arrests and deportations, and they question whether American communities are safe.
America's Voice this week released a report that says 80%, or 2,000, of the 2,500 agents at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) have been reassigned from investigating gun trafficking, bombings and arson to immigration enforcement.
The report comes as Democrats in Congress are questioning whether reassignments for law enforcement agents to immigration cases are affecting the safety of American communities, which Trump officials strongly deny.
The report, "FACT SHEET: Trump’s