Leaked document exposes frustration inside key government security agency [Video]

EXCLUSIVE: A rebranding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s investigative unit, purportedly due to “undue toxicity” that ICE faces from some on the left, is apparently causing some frustration within the agency — with a top official in its separate branch promising employees that it will avoid “political theater.”

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which is part of ICE and conducts federal criminal investigations involving transnational crime, rolled out a standalone website on Tuesday that shakes off the ICE branding.

ICE acting director Patrick Lechleitner told the Washington Post that the “independent branding” allows HSI “to work without the undue toxicity that in some places comes with the ICE moniker.”

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The rebranding comes amid continued and fierce resistance from some on the left over ICE’s mission, through its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) wing, to arrest and deport illegal immigrants.

‘Sanctuary’ …