The FBI has ramped up its efforts to monitor potential threats to the US from Iran following US President Donald Trump’s decision to attack the country’s nuclear facilities, two people briefed on the matter tell Reuters.
FBI officials have informed some agents in recent days that they will be exempt from a mandate to focus part of their time on immigration enforcement given the elevated threat level from Iran, the people say.
The directive relates to counter-terrorism, counterintelligence and cyber security agents who work on issues connected to Iran.
FBI field offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Philadelphia have canceled rotations for agents to work on immigration issues, one of the sources says.
NBC News and the Wall Street Journal earlier reported the shift in FBI resources.
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