Washington, Oct. 27 -- Representative Rick Larsen issued the following press release:
Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding Larsen's visit to ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) suboffice in Ferndale on October 9th:
"I support HSI's mission to investigate and apprehend individuals involved in cross-border criminal activity, including human and drug trafficking," said Rep. Larsen. "However, I am concerned by reports that HSI personnel, including those in Northwest Washington, have been reassigned to conduct civil immigration enforcement. HSI agents should be focused on investigating serious criminal activity, not diverted to ...