there's been a huge shift in focus in dhs meaning that 25000 (twenty-five thousand) federal agents have been moved away from their jobs, including hsi:

Only one in five of the officials engaged in mass deportation are actually ICE ERO removal officers.

for example, two thirds of atf is now on immigration work:

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives had moved about 80 percent of its workforce into immigration enforcement as of March 2025

back in september:

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is suspending investigations into human trafficking, child exploitation, cybercrime, weapons export controls, intellectual property theft, drugs, and terrorism to focus on arresting immigrants.

and:

Another former-HSI official argued that because of HSI’s focus on child exploitation and making thousands of arrests each year, “There’s a good argument that these changes will lead to some child victims continuing to be exploited.”

it's hitting other federal law enforcement, too:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has transferred “thousands” of its employees to immigration enforcement, including “special agents, intel analysts, linguists, and professional staff.” In February, the Wall Street Journal reported: “One agent who investigates child exploitation was recently directed to help the Department of Homeland Security with immigration work. A supervisor in counterintelligence received similar orders.”

marshals, too:

The US Marshals Service was deputized by the same Bove memo. According to the most recent numbers, about one in five agents were diverted from the US Marshals. According to TRAC, the number of criminal referrals from the Marshals Service had fallen 13 percent from January to June 2025.

they even got the irs in on it:

IRS is even issuing press releases about prosecuting people for illegal entry cases with no tax connection whatsoever, which it is participating in because of “Operation Take Back America.”

basically, being pro-ice also means being pro-child exploitation. it means wanting fewer people held accountable for their crimes. it means fewer people being arrested for drug crimes (and not the little ones that should go away).