Rep. Dave Min Slams Trump Administration For Deprioritizing Prosecutions of Drug Cartels and Violent Offenders, Demands Answers in New Letter
Rep. Min: “The implications and impacts are clear: our communities are less safe when agents trained to pursue drug cartels, violent offenders, sex crimes, and complex criminal networks are pulled away from their core duties”
Washington, D.C. — Following reporting that the Trump administration deprioritized prosecutions of federal drug trafficking violations and violent offenders in order to perform routine immigration sweeps, resulting in the lowest level of prosecutions in decades, Rep. Dave Min (CA-47) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel demanding answers on this shift.
“These personnel changes signal a massive shift in the priorities of federal law enforcement. As one point of comparison, the FBI has reassigned over twice as many agents to immigration enforcement under the Trump administration as it did to counterterrorism efforts following the 9/11 terror attacks,” wrote Rep Min.
He continued, “At the same time, the prioritization of immigration enforcement has necessarily meant that other federal law enforcement priorities have been deemphasized. Federal drug prosecutions have dropped by 10% from 2024, falling to their lowest level in decades. Money laundering charges, often used to dismantle trafficking networks, have fallen by roughly 24%. DEA has shifted 25% of its operations away from targeting drug cartels and fentanyl traffickers. The FBI now spends less time on white-collar crime, violent crime, and child exploitation.”
“The implications and impacts are clear: our communities are less safe when agents trained to pursue drug cartels, violent offenders, sex crimes, and complex criminal networks are pulled away from their core duties,” Rep. Min concluded.
You can read the full letter here.
Rep. Min, a former SEC prosecutor and member of the House Oversight Committee, is committed to calling out corruption and holding the lawlessness of the Trump administration in check. This letter is a continuation of his efforts as Chair of the Fighting Corruption Task Force to demand accountability in government and uphold the rule of law.
Representatives Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Sam Liccardo (CA-16) co-signed the letter.
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