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Arson Attempt at Yakima ICE Office Underscores Violent Backlash to Deportation Drive

The attack follows an 830 percent increase in assaults on ICE officers during an intensification of interior deportation raids.

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Overview

  • An unidentified person threw a rock through a window of the Yakima field office on Saturday before igniting grass behind the building designated as an ICE facility.
  • No one was injured in the attack and local police have opened an investigation treating the incident as arson.
  • The office complex, located 140 miles southeast of Seattle, also contains a Washington State Department of Social and Health Services unit.
  • A June directive from the White House to boost daily interior arrests led to coordinated raids in cities such as New York and Los Angeles and specialized operations targeting cannabis farms.
  • Local governments and courts have challenged federal operations through injunctions against appearance-based stops and refusals to share data with ICE.