An agitator faces a Border Patrol federal agent during a rally against increased immigration enforcement following the shooting of Renee Good across the city outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 8, 2026. (Tim Evans/Reuters)
Fox News Digital also learned that at least 13 database systems are now known to store the data, which includes personal information as well as photographs, uniform details, behavior patterns, phone numbers, and other sensitive items.
Last week, FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency is investigating the now widely known Signal messaging chats that have allowed agitators to communicate to obstruct and confront federal agents in Minneapolis and in cities across the country.
It is unclear whether the officer who was fired on Thursday had any involvement in Signal group activities, as sources at DHS could only confirm leaks to the press.
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The same Fox News Digital investigation reveals that sensitive information is at the center of what’s driving vigilante-type agitators to travel to hot spots where demonstrations are taking place.
Antifa agitator Kyle Wagner was arrested after threatening ICE agents with violence. (DOJ)
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Wagner's case and the uncovering of a multichannel communications network allegedly used to push and promote agitators to confront ICE agents are being investigated by a number of federal agencies.
The senior CBP official’s firing is just the latest development by individuals exposing the identities of federal law enforcement officers that could ultimately put agents or their families in danger.
Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller and Asra Q. Nomani contributed to this report.
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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