ICE Office Set Ablaze In Sanctuary State As Attacks Against Agency Rack Up
A “cowardly rioter” is suspected of attacking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office over the weekend, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A rock was thrown through a window of a…
A “cowardly rioter” is suspected of attacking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office over the weekend, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
A rock was thrown through a window of a Washington State building that subleases an office to the agency on Saturday and a fire was set on the back of its property, according to the agency. While the motive is not yet clear, local authorities are investigating the incident as an act of arson and the Trump administration is calling on Democrats to tone down their anti-ICE rhetoric.
“Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, 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,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale,” McLaughlin continued. “Secretary Noem has been clear: Anyone who seeks to harm law enforcement officers will be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
ICE Attack in Washington. DHS image.
The investigation in Yakima, Washington, is ongoing, according to DHS. There were no reported injuries stemming from the attack.
The arson attack is just the latest in a growing trend of anti-ICE outbreaks against the agency since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. McLaughlin noted that assaults against ICE law enforcement have increased a staggering 830%.
