LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The FBI is warning about people impersonating ICE agents to commit violent crimes.

In a bulletin, the bureau cites several examples in which criminals have targeted victims while identifying themselves as immigration agents and wearing shirts or jackets with the ICE label.

There have been reports of threats, robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults, according to the FBI bulletin. Some of the examples provided by the agency occurred in New York, Florida and North Carolina.

"Due to the recent increase in ICE enforcement actions across the country, criminal actors are using ICE's enhanced public profile and media coverage to their advantage to target vulnerable communities," said the FBI.

The FBI bulletin says the impersonation scams make it difficult for the comm

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