Expressing the sense of the Senate that the law enforcement agents and other personnel of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, who have been temporarily engaging in civil immigration enforcement operations, should be returned to their primary missions during periods of active hostility with Iran.

Summary

States that recent U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and the start of hostilities with Iran have raised terrorism risks and asserts that the Administration reassigned thousands of federal law enforcement and homeland security personnel (including many FBI agents and cyber specialists) to civil immigration enforcement, reducing counterterrorism capacity. The resolution also asserts cuts or departures in counterintelligence and cyber units and leadership changes at a DHS prevention center, concluding these actions increase the risk of retaliatory terrorist attacks against Americans.

• Declares that strikes and hostilities with Iran have heightened terrorism risks to the U.S.
• Asserts that thousands of federal law enforcement and homeland security personnel were reassigned to civil immigration enforcement.
• Alleges about one quarter of FBI agents were reassigned, reducing counterterrorism capacity.
• Claims movement of personnel included FBI/HSI investigators, CISA cyber specialists, and DHS intelligence staff.
• Highlights reported firings and cuts in FBI counterintelligence and Cyber Division roles focused on Iran-related threats.
• Asserts leadership changes and reductions at DHS’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships weakened prevention efforts.
• Concludes these personnel and organizational changes increase the risk of retaliatory terrorist attacks against Americans.
• Is a findings-style resolution that records concerns but does not change law, appropriate funds, or impose requirements.