WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
Following reporting in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html) that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will no longer investigate violent confrontations between civilians and federal immigration agents, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) wrote Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel calling for the new policy be rescinded. The senators also asked for information and records about how the decision to implement the policy was reached.
Agents reportedly received instructions about the change just days after Immigration and Custo...