By Naveen Athrappully
People who “dox, threaten or lay hands on our officers” will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in an Oct. 14 X post.
“Like everyone else, our [ICE] law enforcement officers just want to go home to their families at night,” the agency said.
DHS warned in a July 11 statement that criminals and groups linked to Antifa were involved in identifying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Oregon.
Websites that reveal identities of ICE officers and their families, including children, put law enforcement in “grave danger” since criminal gangs such as MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, murderers, and rapists use this info to target law enforcement personnel and their loved ones, DHS said at the time.
On Oct. 9, DHS warned about doxxing activities, calling on media and politicians to “tone down their rhetoric” about ICE enforcement.
“Our officers are facing a more than 1000 percent increase in assaults against them and their families are being doxxed and threatened online,” the agency said.
Last month, a federal grand jury indicted three women who livestreamed their pursuit of an ICE officer to his house and posted the address on Instagram.
In an Oct. 10 post on X, DHS uploaded an audio clip of a threat received by the wife of an ICE officer, in which they were compared to Nazis.
“Did you hear what happened to the Nazis after World War II?” the caller told the wife. “Because that’s what’s going to happen to your family.”
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in an Oct. 14 X post that Facebook has removed a “large page” that was being used to dox and threaten ICE officers in Chicago.
“Anti-ICE radicals are using social media apps to dox, threaten, and terrorize the brave men and women of ICE and their families,” she wrote, adding that Facebook removed the page thanks to actions taken by the Department of Justice under the leadership of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“These officers risk their lives every day arresting murderers, rapists, and gang members to protect our homeland. Platforms like Facebook must be PROACTIVE in stopping the doxxing of our @ICEgov law enforcement. We will prosecute those who dox our agents to the fullest extent of the law.”
Earlier this month, Apple and Google also took action to protect the privacy of ICE officers, taking down apps used to report the sightings of these agents.
Mexican criminals are coordinating with domestic extremist groups and placing bounties on ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel, DHS said in an Oct. 14 statement.
The criminal groups have issued “explicit instructions” to sympathetic people in the United States to monitor, harass, and kill agents, the agency said.
The cartels have structured the bounty program into various tiers, with payouts getting higher based on the rank of the attacked individual and the action taken.
For instance, $2,000 is being offered to gather intelligence and dox agents, $5,000–$10,000 for non-lethal assaults or kidnapping of standard ICE or CBP officers, and up to $50,000 for assassinating high-ranked officials, DHS said.
According to the agency, in Chicago and Portland, Antifa groups have taken action to shield individuals linked to cartels from being deported.
“These criminal networks are not just resisting the rule of law, they are waging an organized campaign of terror against the brave men and women who protect our borders and communities,” Noem said.
“Our agents are facing ambushes, drone surveillance, and death threats, all because they dare to enforce the laws passed by Congress. We will not back down from these threats, and every criminal, terrorist, and illegal alien will face American justice.”
Spotter networks have been identified in Chicago neighborhoods such as Pilsen and Little Village, where gang members affiliated with groups such as the Latin Kings are monitoring and tracking law enforcement personnel in real-time from rooftops using radio communications, DHS said.
In an Oct. 7 post on X, FBI Chicago and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ Chicago office announced a reward of up to $50,000 for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of people involved in assaulting federal officers and damaging government property.
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