Assaults on ICE Agents Skyrocket 500% Amid Democrat Attacks and Sanctuary Policies
Assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have skyrocketed by 500 percent as agents carry out enforcement operations across the United States, according to new data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
According to Breitbart News, ICE officers face growing risks amid intensifying rhetoric from elected officials and direct interference with law enforcement actions.
“Today, the Department of Homeland Security released new data revealing that ICE law enforcement is now facing a 500% increase in assaults while carrying out enforcement operations,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to Breitbart.
McLaughlin cited a recent case in Bloomington, Minnesota, where an illegal alien and convicted child sex offender was arrested.
Roberto Carlos Munoz allegedly dragged an ICE officer approximately 50 yards with his vehicle while attempting to flee from arrest.
“Just this week, an ICE officer was dragged 50 yards by a car while arresting an illegal alien sex offender,” McLaughlin said.
“Every day the men and women of ICE put their lives on the line to protect and defend the lives of American citizens.”
DHS officials say ICE agents are also contending with inflammatory rhetoric from prominent Democratic politicians.
McLaughlin highlighted comments made by several elected officials, including Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, as contributing factors to the rising hostility.
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Wu and Walz recently compared ICE agents to Nazis, and Jeffries warned that he would seek to expose ICE officers’ identities.
“Every single ICE agent who is engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that … every single one of them, no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes will of course be identified,” Jeffries said.
McLaughlin added that such statements are emboldening acts of aggression toward ICE personnel.
“Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE,” she stated.
“From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is despicable. This violence against ICE must end,” McLaughlin said.
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly impeding and interfering with ICE officers attempting to detain an illegal alien.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has not ruled out possible charges against New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who allegedly assaulted an ICE agent and interfered with an arrest involving an illegal alien.