内容摘要：The lawyers said they “look forward to the next round” of seeking attorneys’ fees, treble damages and punitive damages.

The lawyers said they “look forward to the next round” of seeking attorneys’ fees, treble damages and punitive damages.

The Justice Department has instructed the FBI to review files for information about those illegally in the U.S. and provide it to the Department of Homeland Security unless doing so would compromise an investigation. And photos on the FBI’s Instagram account depict agents with covered faces and tactical gear alongside detained subjects, with a caption saying the FBI is “ramping up” efforts with immigration agents to locate “dangerous criminals.”“We’re giving you about five minutes to cooperate,” Bongino said on Fox News about illegal immigrants. “If you’re here illegally, five minutes, you’re out.”

That’s a rhetorical shift from prior leadership. Though Patel’s direct predecessor, Christopher Wray, warned about the flow of fentanyl through the southern border and the possibility migrants determined to commit terrorism, he did not characterize immigration enforcement as core to the FBI’s mission.There’s precedent for the FBI to rearrange priorities to meet evolving threats, though for the past two decades countering terrorism has remained a constant atop the agenda.

transformed the FBI after theinto a national security, intelligence-gathering agency. Agents were reassigned from investigations into drugs, violent crime and white-collar fraud to fight terrorism. In a top 10 priority list from 2002, protecting the U.S. from terrorism was first. Fighting violent crime was near the bottom, above only supporting law enforcement partners and technology upgrades.

The FBI’s new list of priorities places “Crush Violent Crime” as a top pillar alongside “Defend the Homeland,” though FBI leaders have also sought to stress that counterterrorism remains the bureau’s principal mandate.

Wray often said he was hard-pressed to think of a time when the FBI was facing so many elevated threats at once. At the time of his departure last January, the FBI was grappling with elevated terrorism concerns;Bitcoin, the first and largest crypto, was created in 2009 in the wake of the global financial crisis as a decentralized digital asset that could act as an alternative method of payment.

The asset has found more popular use as a store of value, like a digital form of gold. Bitcoin has attracted enthusiastic supporters as prices have climbed almost 1,000% in the last five years. But its volatility and lack of regulation are concerns.AfriBit Africa introduced bitcoin into Soweto West in early 2022 through crypto-denominated grants to local garbage collectors, who are often funded by nonprofits. The groups are made up of dozens of young people, who Mdawida says are more likely to be open to new tech.

After gathering on a Sunday to collect trash, garbage collectors are paid a few dollars’ worth of bitcoin. AfriBit Africa estimates that it has put some $10,000 into the community, with garbage collectors acting as the main agents of spreading bitcoin in Soweto West. In Kibera, many people earn about a dollar a day.Now a small number of other residents hold bitcoin, and some merchants and motorcycle taxis accept payments in crypto.