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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., introduced a resolution to condemn violence against federal immigration authorities as ICE agents have seen an increase in assaults.
The resolution states that ICE and Border Patrol are “facing violent mobs of both citizens and illegal aliens who have not only repeatedly blocked, menaced, and confronted law enforcement, but also attempted to burn and kill our ICE and CBP agents as they carried out their proper and legal duties.”
It noted several recent incidents, including an anti-ICE attack on Independence Day at the Prarieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, as well as a Border Patrol annex facility shooting in McAllen, Texas.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS WARN ANTI-ICE RHETORIC FROM DEMOCRATS IS DRIVING VIOLENT ATTACKS ON AGENTS
An active shooter armed with tactical gear and a rifle recently opened fire upon Border Patrol agents as they arrived at a Border Patrol annex facility in McAllen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. Law enforcement believes the attack was a purposeful ambush targeting Border Patrol officials. (Getty Images and ICE)
“This resolution represents congressional clarity through a simple question: Do we categorically condemn deadly attacks on federal immigration law enforcement? Or not? I know my Republican colleagues back our agents – it’s the Democrats who need some soul-searching about what they’ve said to encourage and excuse violence in the months they have spent enabling criminal illegals,” Issa said on the resolution co-led with fellow California Republican Rep. Ken Calvert.
Assaults on ICE agents have gone up 830% since last year, according to DHS, and there’s been sharp discourse on whether agents should be allowed to mask when conducting operations, as proponents are concerned about doxing of agents and their families.
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