Doxing strikes nerve among federal agents
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – As California lawmakers push a bill banning law enforcement officers from covering their faces while conducting arrests, Senate Republicans worry about growing threats already facing those who don’t cover up.

Doxing has already struck a nerve among federal agents in El Paso supporting immigration operations.

“I have experienced that with one of my employees, who was photographed during an operation. It was put out on Instagram, and the individual who had posted that had indicated that ‘the community needs to remind him where he came from,’” said Jason T. Stevens, HSI special agent in charge in El Paso.

What is clearly free speech for some can translate into a threat to others.

“My employee felt such a threat that he completely changed his appearance to be able to protect his family when he’s off-duty and out in the community with them,” Stevens said at a recent Senate committee hearing in Washington, D.C.

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Jose Perez said doxing – the act of publishing someone’s private information online without consent – can not only hurt the target but also their loved ones.

“The doxing poses tremendous vulnerability,” said Perez, who heads the Criminal Investigative Division. “One example […] In this incident, the agent was being threatened also with pictures of his children to back down on the operations that are ongoing. It is a significant threat that we are concerned with.”

The subject came up as GOP members on the Senate Judiciary Committee urged support for the Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxing Act, while Democrats demanded accountability from federal agencies told by President Trump to support immigration enforcement.

“Resources have been diverted from your agencies to engage in immigration enforcement,” said Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, asking FBI, HSI and Drug Enforcement Administration officials what percentage of their staff has been reassigned to apprehend unauthorized immigrants.

She quoted figures as high as 45 percent and 80 percent of the staff of some agencies. Officials at the hearing were reluctant to respond without being allowed to provide context.

U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said he is concerned that any added immigration duties will make a dent in fentanyl interdiction or delay the arrest of dangerous drug cartel members.

“I am concerned to the degree your resources are directed for immigration operations against nonviolent immigrants – against farm workers, garment workers, or restaurant workers,” Schiff said.

In Schiff’s home turf, Democrats have filed the No Secret Police Act in the California State Senate.

A protester stands holding a U.S. flag while facing a line of law enforcement officers during demonstrations in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025.

The bill would prohibit law enforcement at all levels from covering their faces and compel them to wear a uniform, their name or another identifier while on duty. The bill is a direct response to what Democrats and immigration activists see as an increased masking of agents sent out to detain immigrants in their communities.

“The recent federal operations in California have created an environment of profound terror. We want the public to trust law enforcement. We cannot allow them to behave like a secret police in an authoritarian state,” said State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, the bill’s co-sponsor.

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