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Russia Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- Russia Today
Assaults against US immigration officials surge by 830%
US federal immigration officials have faced a 'massive surge in attacks' since President Donald Trump's inauguration, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said, blaming the situation on 'hysterical rhetoric' from 'gutter politicians.' Between January 21 and July 14, federal agents with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) experienced an 830% increase in assaults compared to the same period last year, the DHS said on Tuesday. 'ICE law enforcement are succeeding in removing terrorists, murderers, pedophiles, and the most depraved among us from America's communities, even as crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians is inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them,' DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. The agency cited several incidents, including a violent altercation involving federal agents during Representative LaMonica McIver's (D-NJ) congressional oversight visit to the Delaney Hall detention facility in New Jersey in May. The representative, who pleaded not guilty, has been indicted on federal assault charges.'Just this week, Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA) showed a violent mob an ICE employee's business card, putting a target on his back and prompting the mob to attack him. The official was struck by a rock and sent to the emergency room, where he received multiple stitches,' the DHS said. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem echoed the message, urging 'politicians across the country, regardless of political stripe,' to condemn the attacks. She specifically singled out Gavin Newsom, the governor of California. Anti-ICE protests in the Golden State devolved into widespread rioting in early June, prompting President Trump to deploy the National Guard. Newsom accused Washington of staging a 'federal takeover.' The standoff sparked further protests in cities including New York, Chicago, and Dallas.
Fox News
4 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Assaults on ICE officers surge 830% as Democrats caught 'doxing and physically assaulting' agents: DHS
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is blaming Democrat politicians and the mainstream media for an 830% increase in assaults on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, saying their "lies and fake stories" continue to stir hate and violence. DHS announced Tuesday that its ICE officials have faced an 830% increase in assaults between Jan. 21, 2025 and July 14, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. The timeframe recorded begins on the day after President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office. "Just in: our brave @ICEGov law enforcement are now facing a 830% INCREASE in assault against them," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday in a post on X. "This new data reflects the violence against our law enforcement in cities across the country in the last few weeks. Politicians across the country, regardless of political stripe, must condemn this." The DHS accused political figures and the mainstream media of escalating anti-ICE rhetoric, particularly pointing to Congressional Democrats who the department said were caught "doxing and even physically assaulting" officials working for ICE. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., DHS said, shared an ICE employee's business card with a violent group of people this week, placing a target on the employee's back and prompting the mob to attack him. As a result, the official was hit by a rock and taken to a hospital where he received stitches. Another Democratic lawmaker, Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., is accused of storming the Delaney Hall detention facility in May, where she allegedly assaulted an ICE officer. She was indicted on federal assault charges. "Brave ICE law enforcement are risking their lives every day to keep our communities safe from the worst of the worst criminals," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. "ICE law enforcement are succeeding to remove terrorists, murderers, pedophiles and the most depraved among us from America's communities, even as crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians are inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them. It is reprehensible that our officers are facing this threat while simply doing their jobs and enforcing the law." DHS also pointed to instances in Portland, Oregon, where ICE officers were doxed and threatened by antifa-affiliated groups. The agency said the groups posted pictures and personal addresses of the ICE officers and threatened them and their families. One officer, DHS noted, had someone show up at their house and dump trash on their lawn, which included signs that read "f--k you" along with the officer's name. While groups call out ICE agents by name, DHS also accused the mainstream media of publishing false stories about federal immigration enforcement efforts. "During an enforcement operation where ICE and federal law enforcement rescued 14 children from potential exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking, the media falsely reported that a man died in law enforcement custody," DHS said. "This was an outright lie. The man was not being pursued by law enforcement but still chose to climb up to the roof of a green house, where he fell 30 feet." DHS said some media organizations are also accusing ICE of "targeting" children. "Rather than separate families, ICE asks mothers if they want to be removed with their children or if the child should be placed with someone else safe [who] the parent designates," DHS said to clear up the reports.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
The White House absurdly accused Dems of inciting violence against ICE
The White House on Wednesday posted an article to its official site, titled 'Democrats Inspire Vicious, Escalating Attacks on ICE.' The Department of Homeland Security — which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement — has said attacks on ICE agents and other federal officers working in immigration enforcement are up 700% over the same six-month period a year ago, which the White House article says is 'a direct consequence of dangerous, inflammatory rhetoric from Democrat politicians.' Regarding the provenance of '700%,' Fox News reported earlier this month that 'DHS recorded 10 assault events from Jan. 21, 2024, to June 30, 2024. From the day after President Donald Trump took office earlier this year until Monday, the department recorded 79 assault events, representing a 690% increase year over year.' I've reached out to DHS and ICE requesting the raw data to back up the new '700%' statistic, but received no response. Still, whether it's 690% or 700%, that's certainly a marked increase, and a number of these assaults on federal agents have included potentially deadly violence — including shooting at officers, throwing Molotov cocktails and dragging an officer with a car. Assaulting a federal officer is a felony, and as I've written many times, violence is both strategically stupid and morally wrong. But statistics can be misleading when stripped of valuable context. The levels of alleged violence against federal officers vary widely. For example, a 22-year-old in Oregon, who after officers chased someone they saw spray-painting a building, allegedly 'kicked the officer in the leg, causing the officer to trip,' according to the U.S. attorney's office. Each of the 79 assaults on federal officers over a six-month period is too many, just as each of the over 140 assaults on police officers by rampaging Trump supporters on Jan. 6 were unacceptable crimes. However, the same president who incited that bloody riot at the Capitol pardoned nearly every one of those assailants, lauding them as American heroes. Now, in his second term, Trump's White House blames 'inflammatory rhetoric' by Democrats for the recent spate of assaults on federal officers. And a scan of the White House's article shows 14 quotes from Democratic lawmakers, which are mostly benign criticisms of ICE's violent, secretive tactics — or political criticisms of the agency itself. Among the supposed 'inflammatory rhetoric': 'Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ICE 'should not exist.'' That's not a call for violence; it's a call to abolish a wildly unpopular federal agency that's existed for 22 years. The Trump administration is currently trying to abolish (or effectively abolish) the Department of Education and the Federal Emergency Management Agency — policy decisions that no one is likening to a call for violence. 'Rep. Dan Goldman compared federal agents to 'secret police' who must be unmasked.' Masked ICE agents violently arresting people — including U.S. citizens — without identifying themselves can reasonably be described as secret police, even if the White House doesn't appreciate the historical comparisons to rogue regimes. (ICE insists agents must be allowed to wear masks in public to prevent 'doxxing' and other harassment.) As for cherry-picked quotes from Democrats like Reps. Hakeem Jeffries and Kweisi Mfume — who called for the public to 'fight' the administration's lawlessness 'in the streets' — the quotes in full context clearly show they're calling for nonviolent protest, alongside legislative and legal 'fights.' If it weren't already evident that the White House doesn't have the receipts to back up its claims against Democrats, Wired reported on Thursday that the national security nonprofit Property of the People used public records requests to obtain DHS bulletins 'urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a bike or livestreaming a police encounter.' So the Trump administration is not only defining down completely legitimate and lawful political speech as 'inflammatory rhetoric,' it's defining down violence itself to include taking photos or recording videos of police, which is a constitutionally protected right. Meanwhile, Trump and other Republicans grow more brazen by the day with their inflammatory rhetoric. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., in a post to X called Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a 'Muslim terrorist.' Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., last month called New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani 'little muhammad' and demanded the U.S. citizen's denaturalization and deportation. Then there's the fact that ICE is openly engaging in racial profiling — even if officials won't use that phrase to describe its actions. (Both Republicans later doubled down on their incendiary comments.) Among the White House's list of 'naughty' Democratic rhetoric is a comment by Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who likened masked ICE agents to 'some 1800s bank robber or some KGB officer in Russia.' I very much doubt either comparison would incite extremist violence in the street. The White House's article is another case of MAGA crybullying — they're allowed to be as vicious, lawless and inflammatory as possible, but they need to fetch the fainting couch any time they're called on it. This article was originally published on
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Yahoo
Three stabbings and reported crowd crushing in one night at the Calgary Stampede
Police say multiple assaults on the midway Tuesday night at the Calgary Stampede are not believed to be random, but no suspects have been arrested. Across the grounds, concertgoers recount feelings of being crushed and trapped in the audience at a concert by American rapper Don Toliver. The CBC's Acton Clarkin reports.
CTV News
09-07-2025
- Health
- CTV News
No records kept on assaults in healthcare facilities
Vancouver Watch Despite raised concerns surrounding the issue of violence against healthcare workers, there are no police or government records that keep track of assaults.
