The Biden administration is initiating a rebranding of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a division of ICE, aiming to shift its public perception from primarily focusing on immigration enforcement to highlighting its broader role in tackling various criminal activities. This move, led by Katrina W. Berger, head of HSI, comes in response to resistance from sanctuary cities and aims to showcase HSI's extensive capabilities in handling cases related to drugs, gangs, sex and labor trafficking, terrorism, and counterfeit goods. HSI's new branding efforts include a revamped website reflecting its mission and core values, emphasizing its global reach and the power to pursue a diverse range of cases. This rebranding aims to fight global threats and protect American lives, having an immediate impact on public safety. However, this does not signify a complete separation from ICE, as some agents hoped, since such a change would require Congressional action.
SCOOP: ICE HSI’s rebrand will not be being echoed by Enforcement and Removal Operations, its top official told agents in a sharp email. “Our mission will not be swayed by political theater or media rhetoric and our identity will remain steadfast.” https://t.co/IAA7xKnwD8
HSI agents have complained for years about being part of ICE and in particular being associated with the deportation side of the agency, known as Enforcement and Removal Operations or ERO. https://t.co/XVMGuL9Xzg
The bureaucratic reshuffle is not the full divorce from ICE that some HSI agents have been agitating for. That would likely take an act of Congress, which created HSI as part of ICE during the government reorganization after the 2001 terrorist attacks. https://t.co/XVMGuL9Xzg
“With more than 400 criminal statutes to enforce, HSI’s broad and diverse criminal investigative mission has an immediate impact on public safety and the security of our communities.” https://t.co/XVMGuL9Xzg
“The new website is a reflection of HSI’s commitment to its mission and core values in fighting global threats and protecting American lives,” said Katrina W. Berger, the head of HSI. https://t.co/XVMGuL9Xzg
HSI said it wants to be known as wide-ranging investigators with a global reach and the power to pursue cases ranging from drugs and gangs to sex and labor trafficking to terrorism to counterfeit goods. https://t.co/XVMGuL9Xzg
The Biden administration is moving to rebrand the government’s immigration law detectives, saying Homeland Security Investigations does far more than pursue immigration cases. #TWTFrontPage https://t.co/XVMGuL9Xzg
“Flipping the politics on immigration” is a funny way to say Biden unleashed a horde of foreign criminals on America. https://t.co/maEx4ocYhd
Stung by resistance from sanctuary cities, the Biden administration moved Tuesday to rebrand the government's immigration law detective force, saying Homeland Security Investigations does far more than pursue immigration cases. https://t.co/SMb7H0meRD
ICE attempts a rebrand designed to win over sanctuary cities https://t.co/WvXRcVLfIF
We protect what matters most — our country, our people and our future: https://t.co/RMTT2hpPeK #HSI https://t.co/lQhfoCXtT2
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has long been familiar to those who track immigration-related law enforcement for its ties to its parent agency, ICE — which is something that HSI is now trying to change through a rebrand. https://t.co/JpcWOuKTum