Homeland Security Kristi Noem said that cartels, gangs, and terror entities have placed bounties on the heads of immigration agents.
“We have specific agents who have had bounties put out on their heads,” Noem explained on Fox & Friends. “It’s about $2,000 to kidnap them and $10,000 to kill them. They’ve released their pictures and sent them between their networks, and it’s an extremely dangerous situation.”
She noted that DHS intelligence “indicates that these people are organized, they are getting more and more people on their team as far as attacking officers, and they are making plans to ambush them and to kill them.”
“Make no mistake: This isn’t just about protesting free speech or that they don’t like that people out here are upholding the laws of our country,” Noem added. “They’re actually going out there and saying, ‘Kill these people, and we’ll give you this much money to do it.”
Breitbart reported that a banner raised by cartels threatened FBI Director Kash Patel as well as U.S. citizens living in Cabo San Lucas and San Jose areas.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said last month that ICE law enforcement agents are facing a “1,000% increase in assaults and their family members are being doxxed and targeted.” The statement came in response to a bill signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (D) prohibiting mask-wearing by ICE agents.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi recently issued a sweeping memorandum to put an end to the rise of political violence against ICE agents. The directive, sent to the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, and the director of the Executive Office of US Attorneys, instructs officers and agents to defend ICE facilities, add local law enforcement to the ICE Protection Task Force, and provide assistance to entities protecting ICE.
