New Report Finds Disturbing Pattern of Sexual and Violent Crimes Among ICE and CBP Agents

For the last wicked year and a half, the Department of Homeland Security has seemingly made a point of hiring the worst people possible to support its cruel deportation campaign—borne of Trump’s campaign aspirations to deport 1 million people a year. How else would we have ended up with David Michael Brouillette—who shot and killed a 26-year-old man in Maine last week—as an ICE agent, despite several of his relatives coming forward to say why his violent and abusive past should have never qualified him for the job in the first place? 

The answer might be found in a report published Wednesday by the Ohio Immigrant Alliance (OIA)—which revealed Brouillette’s history of abuse is not an anomaly. The 36-page document, called “They Walk Among Us,” details an in-depth look into 59 current or former federal agents that were accused, charged, or convicted of violent or sexual offenses. Of them, at least 85% were charged or convicted for committing sexual offenses, and 63%—or roughly two-thirds—committed such crimes targeting children. 

 “We have no way of knowing the full extent of the problem, because the agency doesn’t even look at family court records,” OIA Executive Director Lynn Tramonte said in a statement shared with Jezebel. “What we do know is that ICE and Border Patrol agents have a disturbing track record of sexually and violently abusing women and children, including members of their own families.”

All this sheds more light on a February report from the Associated Press, which found dozens of ICE employees and contractors had a criminal past—many of which involved physical and sexual abuse—dating back to 2020. Which, again, resurfaces concerns of the agency’s mass recruitment methods, which have long come under scrutiny for casting a wide net that regularly qualifies individuals who’d fail basic written exams, background checks, and fitness tests. 

“The exponential growth of immigrant deaths in detention—and the opening up of a new killing field, deaths of civilians on U.S. streets—is directly related to all of these factors,” Tramonte explained.

Last week, we reported how Brouillette’s ex-wife, Ashley—who married him in 2007 and divorced him two years later—filed a restraining order against him around the time he joined ICE. In footage that has since actually emerged, he responded by leaving her a menacing voicemail wishing death upon her—along with all the women and girls related to her. 

Unearthed audio reveals David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed a man in Maine, threatening to slit his ex-wife’s throat:

“Every single female in your bloodline is nothing but a disgusting, fat [bleep]. All of you should have your throats slit.” pic.twitter.com/pHA38vG3bC

— FactPost (@factpostnews) July 22, 2026

 

Last week, a former ICE instructor and whistleblower who left his post earlier this year told Mother Jones that this is what happens when officers aren’t tested “on their ability to handle complex crises or how to handle the types of situations we’re seeing happen.”

“It’s very clear at this point that officers are being rushed out to make these arrests, and there’s an operational failure taking place.”