New Delhi, July 20 -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will reportedly no longer take part in investigations into cases involving alleged assaults on immigration agents; instead, the agency will defer such cases to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Citing sources, CBS News reported the development on 19 July, saying that FBI field officers were informed of the changes on 16 July.

HSI is an arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), both of which are overseen by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), implying that the immigration enforcement agency would become responsible for probing incidents involving its own agents.

However, the agency does not typically investigate officer-involved shootings and lacks the ...