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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is asking the public to report suspicious activity due to recent intelligence confirming that Mexican cartels are targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) personnel.
DHS confirmed the targeting of federal agents in a press release on Tuesday, noting that these Mexican criminal organizations are coordinating with domestic terrorist groups like Antifa in Portland and street gangs in Chicago. The bounties include thousands of dollars for doxxing information, non-lethal assaults, and even kidnapping ICE and CBP officers. But the most concerning bounty is the $50,000 payout for the assassination of high-ranking officials.
Just last week, RSBN reported that a Chicago gang leader was charged in a plot to kill a CBP officer. On Oct. 3, two illegal immigrants intentionally rammed cars into ICE agent vehicles, per RSBN.
In June, DHS reported that ICE agents faced a 500% increase in threats against them. The department also noted that family members of ICE agents are being threatened and targeted as well.
DHS Director Kristi Noem commented on the situation in a post on X. “Anti-ICE radicals are using social media apps to dox, threaten, and terrorize the brave men and women of ICE and their families,” she stated. Then she pointed out that the Trump administration was able to get Facebook to remove a doxxing page that was being used to doxx federal agents.
She asserted that Facebook must comply with protecting ICE and CBP workers. “These officers risk their lives every day arresting murderers, rapists, and gang members to protect our homeland,” she declared. “We will prosecute those who dox our agents to the fullest extent of the law.”