Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have seen an 8,000% surge in death threats and a more than 1,300% rise in assaults amid their efforts to deport criminals, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which blamed sanctuary politicians for inciting the hostility.
The agency on Monday released a transcript of a threatening voicemail left for an ICE officer in Minnesota two days earlier, highlighting the escalating dangers faced by personnel.
“You’re a fking fascist pig. You should fking kill yourself,” the message began, only to continue in its vitriol:
“I hope your wife dies. I hope your mom and dad die. I hope everything wrong that could go in your life happens. I hope you have the most miserable life.
I hope you get hit by a bus. I hope you’re paralyzed, and your wife leaves you, and starts getting f**ked by BBCs every day.
You are a traitor to the American people, to the values that made our country. You should kill yourself. You’re f**king disgusting.
I hate you. Everyone hates you. You’re a fking murderer. All of your friends are fking murderers. Your bosses are a bunch of pedophiles.
Kill yourself.”
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that the officers risk their lives daily to remove murderers, pedophiles, rapists, terrorists, and gang members from communities.
“Make no mistake, threatening rhetoric and this unprecedented violence against our law enforcement is incited by sanctuary politicians through their repeated vilification and demonization of law enforcement,” she said. “Comparing ICE day in and day out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences.”
“The men and women of ICE are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, we just want to go home to our families at night. The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must stop,” McLaughlin continued.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem vowed that operations would continue undeterred. Assaulting or obstructing officers is a federal felony, and those who harm or dox agents will face full prosecution, the department said.
The public can report harassment or doxing by calling 866-DHS-2-ICE or using the agency’s online tip form.
