ICE agents, families being threatened, doxed, including by House Democrats
413% increase in assaults on ICE agents
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials face surging threats of violence from members of the public as they arrest violent foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally for removal.
Some threats have come from congressional Democrats.
Acting Director of ICE Todd Lyons has a message for them: “stop putting my people in danger.”
House Minority Leader Hakeen Jeffries vowed this week to reveal the identities of ICE agents because they are wearing face masks or facial coverings when making arrests. The primary reason they are wearing them is to protect their identity, per ICE policy.
“Every single ICE agent who's engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that,” Jeffries said. “This is America, not the Soviet Union. … Every single one of them, no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes will of course be identified.”
This is after U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-NJ, was arrested for assaulting an ICE officer when she and other Democrats trespassed at a federal detention facility in New Jersey. It also comes as protestors and members of the public are attacking ICE agents performing their duties carrying out removal orders from federal immigration judges.
In response to Jeffries' pledge to dox federal law enforcement officials, Lyons said, “while it's easy to be an armchair quarterback and make up…