Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said her agency will work with others to root out "corrupt" leakers at the FBI.
Noem used social media Sunday afternoon to spread her message after the Los Angeles Times on Friday reported that federal law enforcement agents are planning to carry out a "large scale" immigration enforcement action in the Los Angeles area before the end of February.
The Times attributed its story to an internal government document.
"The FBI is so corrupt. We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the fullest extent of the law," Noem wrote Sunday afternoon on X while sharing a Times post regarding the "large scale" action in LA, a sanctuary city.
The Times story said the anticipated operation would be led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement but was expected to be so large that agents with the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration's Los Angeles field offices were being called in to help.
"They needed more bodies," the official said, the outlet reported.
During a Sunday appearance on Fox News Channel, Attorney General Pam Bondi addressed the reported leak. She promised the Trump administration will "find out" who has leaked information about ICE efforts.
"It's not going to stop our mission," Bondi said. "It's not going to stop the president's mission to make America safe again."
Last week, Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's point man on mass deportations and border security, blamed news media leaks for hindering a large-scale operation in a Denver suburb that had been linked to violent crime by illegal immigrants.
"This isn't a game," Homan said. "We know that [Tren de Aragua] is dangerous," he said. "Everybody can agree to that, but when they get a heads-up that we are coming, it's only a matter of time before our officers are ambushed. Their job is dangerous enough. So we are going to address this very seriously."
Last month, Homan said plans for immigration raids beginning in Chicago were being reviewed in the wake of a leak about the operations.
"We're reviewing any plans in Chicago because of the leak," Homan told ABC News.
"We're looking at this leak and will make a decision based on this leak,” Homan told The Washington Post. "It's unfortunate because anyone leaking law enforcement operations puts officers at greater risk."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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