WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and 28 of their colleagues sent a letter to President Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Noem, and Attorney General Bondi demanding answers on the impact of the administration's decision to pull thousands of federal law enforcement agents away from their work keeping dangerous criminals off the streets and reassign them to arrest, detain, and deport primarily non-violent immigrants.
"You have pulled agents away from some of the federal government's most critical criminal investigations, weakening the very work that ensures public safety. In a world in which we must prioritize the use...