Law enforcement at any level can be a dangerous business. Law enforcement officers - LEOs - are frequently called upon to deal with people who are, frankly, not pillars of the community. Federal law enforcement is no exception, and these days, it seems like it's getting more dangerous by the day if one is an officer tasked with enforcing our country's immigration laws.
That's in large part because of the actions of leftist lunatics who are trying everything they can to interfere with those officers, and they aren't content with shouting and waving signs. A new report from the Department of Homeland Security now indicates that assaults on Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are skyrocketing.
Assaults against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are up 1,300%, vehicular attacks are up 3,200% and death threats are up 8,000%, the Department of Homeland Security said after a U.S. citizen was shot and killed during an alleged vehicular attack in Minneapolis this week.
Federal authorities argue the shooting was justified and in self-defense. Local and state officials say otherwise.
This will, no doubt, be litigated through the appropriate channels. As will this case:
One day after the Minneapolis shooting, two Venezuelan nationals were shot by a Border Patrol agent after they attempted to run him over with their vehicle in Portland, Ore., the Department of Homeland Security said. DHS also describes the shooting as self-defense and justified.
The two Venezuelans and alleged Tren de Aragua members “weaponized their vehicle against Border Patrol in Portland. The agent took immediate action to defend himself and others, shooting them,” DHS said.
These are clearly people we don't want in our country; they wouldn't have been in Portland at all if it weren't for the Biden administration's non-enforcement of the border and of immigration laws. The ICE, DHS, and Border Patrol agents are out there trying to get this mess under control, and are doing nothing more than actually enforcing laws passed by our elected representatives through the process defined in the Constitution.
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And this is the thanks they get from the loony left:
Enforcement actions continue as attacks against ICE officers have increased by unprecedented numbers in less than one year. By November, assaults against ICE officers had increased by 1,000% and death threats by 8,000%, The Center Square reported.
ICE and Border Patrol officers also experienced an historic surge of vehicular attacks. By November, there had been 71 reported vehicular attacks against U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, including Border Patrol, compared to 45 vehicular attacks during the same period in 2024, a 58% increase, The Center Square reported.
Over the same time frame, 28 vehicular attacks were reported against ICE officers compared to two attacks in 2024, a 1,300% increase.
That percentage has since increased nearly three-fold to 3,200% as of last week, DHS said.
Yes, law enforcement is a dangerous business indeed. But it's the leftist protestors, rioters, and let's face it, rebels, who are playing the really dangerous game here. They are treading on insurrection territory; not "walking around the Capitol taking selfies," hooliganism kind of thing, but an actual, no-Schiff insurrection. The left has their toes right up on this line, and seem poised to step over, and it's not going to end up at all like they think it is.
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