Ex-Yankees star goes to bat for ICE agents amid 'dangerous threats'

Mark Teixeira, a World Series champion with the New York Yankees who is moving for Congress successful Texas, stepped up for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers aft officials said agitators are creating "AI videos to gin up hate."

The Department of Homeland Security wrote connected societal media that "anti-ICE radicals" were trying hard to "demonize American instrumentality enforcement."

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New York Yankees archetypal baseman Mark Teixeira during batting signifier earlier the Toronto Blue Jays crippled astatine Rogers Centre connected May 31, 2016. (Nick Turchiaro/USA Today Sports)

"We person to basal up for ICE officers and instrumentality enforcement against these unsafe threats," the erstwhile MLB archetypal baseman wrote successful a station connected X.

DHS warned that the AI videos being shared online are causing much harm.

"The REALITY: these disgusting smears and lies are fueling the 1000% summation successful assaults and astir 8000% summation successful decease threats against our brave @ICEgov officers," the bureau said.

"The SICKOS spreading this filth indispensable halt earlier they get idiosyncratic killed."

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons warned successful July that AI exertion could pb to information risks for agents.

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New York Yankees archetypal baseman Mark Teixeira successful the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks astatine Chase Field connected May 18, 2016. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)

"If authorities passes to effort to unmask ICE agents, they are not allowed to deterioration them, it runs the hazard of agitators, antithetic groups, you know, these fringe organizations utilizing reverse technology, AI, to effort to dox their families, effort to get their identity, their location addresses," Lyons told Fox News Digital astatine the time. "We’ve heard elected officials accidental determination shouldn't beryllium immoderate remainder for ICE agents oregon their families.

"So, they're decidedly acrophobic astir that. They're besides acrophobic astir their ain well-being erstwhile they spell retired to effectuate these arrests due to the fact that present we person to nonstop much officers retired into the communities due to the fact that wherever we tin nonstop 4 oregon 5 to marque arrests successful the past, present we had to nonstop up to 8 oregon 10 conscionable to support the 4 that are making the arrests of 1 individual."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a detained migrant into an elevator aft helium exited an migration courtroom, June 17, 2025, successful New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, File)

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Teixeira launched his run for Texas’ 21st Congressional District successful August. It followed Rep. Chip Roy’s determination to not question re-election.

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