‘It Has To Stop’: Ted Cruz Calls On Politicians To Quit ‘Demonizing’ ICE Agents After Shooting At Facility

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz called on politicians on Wednesday to immediately stop using rhetoric that demonizes federal immigration authorities following the shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas, Texas.

A shooter caused “multiple injuries and fatalities” after he opened fire on the facility and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced. Cruz stated during a press conference that the demonization of ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents has “real consequences.”

“To every politician demonizing ICE and demonizing CBP, stop. To every politician demanding that ICE agents be doxxed and calling on people to go after their families, stop. This has very real consequences,” Cruz said. “Look, in America, we disagree, that’s fine. That’s part of the democratic process. But your political opponents are not Nazis. We need to learn to work together without demonizing each other, without attacking each other and I want to say thank you to the brave men and women of law enforcement … of ICE and CBP and everyone who puts their lives on the line to keep us safe. The divisive rhetoric tragically has real consequences.”

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FBI Director Kash Patel released a photograph of the alleged shooter’s bullet casings, which had been engraved with the phrase, “ANTI-ICE.”

This incident follows other violent attacks on ICE facilities since President Donald Trump took office. Authorities have