ICE agents report ‘unprecedented’ 3,200% surge in car attacks last year

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday that ICE agents reported an "unprecedented increase" of 3,200% successful vehicular attacks implicit the past year, starring up to Wednesday’s incidental successful which an ICE serviceman changeable and killed a operator during a protestation successful Minneapolis. 

The data, which mention aggregate instances successful which attackers utilized their cars to ram instrumentality enforcement, sometimes causing injuries, suggest that Wednesday’s shooting is conscionable 1 of galore incidents officers person faced implicit the past year.

Along with the emergence successful vehicular attacks, authorities besides saw much than a 1,300% summation successful assaults and an 8,000% summation successful decease threats toward ICE agents. 

DHS said the summation successful attacks has been spurred by "radical rhetoric by sanctuary politicians," citing Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey who called for ICE to "get the f— retired of Minneapolis" pursuing Wednesday’s shooting.

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During a September postulation halt successful Florida, an ICE serviceman was injured erstwhile Henry Isaul Garcia, an amerciable migrant from Guatemala, enactment his car successful reverse, striking the serviceman successful the leg. (Department of Homeland Security)

"Sanctuary politicians person created an situation that encourages rampant assaults connected instrumentality enforcement," DHS said. 

Since Jan. 21, 2025, ICE officers experienced 66 car attacks, compared with conscionable 2 during the aforesaid play the erstwhile year, resulting successful a 3,200% increase.

During the archetypal twelvemonth of the Trump administration, from Jan. 20 to Dec. 31, 2025, DHS officials reported 275 assaults, up from 19 during the aforesaid play successful 2024.

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An amerciable migrant from Venezuela, Luis Jesus Acosta Gutierrez, was arrested aft "intentionally ramming an officer’s conveyance into a tree," DHS said successful December. (Department of Homeland Security)

"This is simply a horrific 1,347% summation successful assaults against ICE officers," DHS said. 

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin blamed sanctuary leaders for the violence, arguing that their rhetoric "demonizes our instrumentality enforcement" officers, who are targeting transgression amerciable immigrants successful the U.S.

"This unprecedented summation successful unit against instrumentality enforcement is simply a nonstop effect of sanctuary politicians and the media creating an situation that demonizes our instrumentality enforcement and encourages rampant assaults against them. Dangerous criminals – whether they beryllium amerciable aliens oregon U.S. citizens – are assaulting instrumentality enforcement and turning their vehicles into weapons to onslaught instrumentality enforcement," McLaughlin said successful a statement. 

"Still, the brave men and women of DHS volition not beryllium deterred and volition proceed arresting the worst of the worst transgression amerciable aliens. Anyone who attacks instrumentality enforcement volition beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law."

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Two abstracted car attacks took spot during Operation Midway Blitz successful the Chicago area, authorities said successful October. (Department of Homeland Security)

According to the DHS, a transgression amerciable migrant from Venezuela and a suspected Tren de Aragua member, Luis Jesus Acosta Gutierrez, intentionally "rammed a instrumentality enforcement conveyance into a tree" astir December. 

During Operation Midway Blitz successful the Chicago area, 2 transgression amerciable immigrants "weaponized their vehicles successful deliberate attempts to ram and injure officers" successful abstracted incidents, authorities said successful October.

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An ICE cause was besides injured successful Florida aft an amerciable migrant from Guatemala, Henry Isaul Garcia, "put his car successful reverse, hitting an ICE serviceman successful the leg—nearly crushing him," authorities said successful September.

DHS said Secretary Kristi Noem’s connection is clear: "You volition not halt oregon dilatory america down. ICE and our national instrumentality enforcement partners volition proceed to enforce the law. And if you laic a manus connected a instrumentality enforcement officer, you volition beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law."