In a horrific and tragic press release put out by the Department of Homeland Security, it revealed that attacks on ICE agents have gone up by a massive 1,150%. The statement blamed sanctuary jurisdiction politicians for spewing the horrible rhetoric that has put ICE agents at so much risk.
For reference, the DHS statement was titled “Sanctuary Politicians’ Rhetoric Fuels More Than 1,150% Increase in Violence Against ICE Law Enforcement” and revealed that attacks on ICE agents have gone from being something of a rarity to being a huge and continual problem that DHS has struggled to get a grip on.
Beginning, the DHS statement noted the massively increased rate of attacks, saying, “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released new data showing a more than 1,150% increase in assaults and violence against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) law enforcement officers as compared with the same period in 2024 under the Biden administration.”
Continuing, it repeated the assertion in the title and condemned the sort of rhetoric it sees as being responsible for the increase in the number of attacks, saying, “DHS officials condemn the surge, warning an attack on those who enforce the nation’s laws are attacks on the rule of law itself.”
Giving the hard data that proves the number of attacks has increased tremendously, it then said, “From January 21, 2024, through November 21, 2024, there were only 19 reported assaults against ICE law enforcement, while in the same timeframe in 2025 there were 238 reported assaults. This is a 1,153% increase in assaults.”
And, giving examples of the sorts of awful attacks that ICE agents are facing as a result of the sanctuary jurisdictions’ rhetoric, it said, “Over the last 10 months, federal officers and agents across the DHS enterprise have faced a dangerously escalating pattern of violence, ranging from hitting, spitting, kicking and biting during arrests, to vehicle ramming, open gun fire, and the throwing of Molotov cocktails.”
Further, it noted that the attacks are obviously coming because the attackers want to harm ICE agents specifically, saying, “These nationwide incidents show how ICE officers are being targeted because of the badge they wear, not just the enforcement operations they execute on behalf of the American people.”
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DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, commenting on the sort of horrible rhetoric directed toward ICE, said, “After months of Democrat politicians comparing ICE to Nazis, the gestapo, slave patrols, and even encouraging illegal aliens to resist arrest, our brave ICE law enforcement have been assaulted 238 times.”
Continuing, she too blamed sanctuary jurisdiction politicians for the attacks, saying, “Our law enforcement officers have had Molotov cocktails and rocks thrown at them, been shot at, had cars used as weapons against them, and been physically assaulted. Sanctuary politicians need to tone the rhetoric down before a law enforcement officer is killed.”
Concluding, McLaughlin said, “They should be thanking these brave law enforcement officers who risk their lives every single day to arrest pedophiles, rapists, murderers, gang members, and terrorists from our neighborhoods.”
Watch a “No Kings” protester call for attacks on ICE agents: