DHS Has Used This Controversial Investigative Tool 185,000 Times Since Trump Took Office

DHS Has Used This Controversial Investigative Tool 185,000 Times Since Trump Took Office

Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative wing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that normally takes on transnational crime, estimates it has sent out at least 185,000 administrative subpoenas since the start of the Trump administration, according to a recent court filing. The figure shows how HSI has increasingly relied on this warrantless authority to conduct investigations.To put HSI’s estimate into perspective, …