Overview

• An unidentified attacker threw a rock through a window and set a fire behind the Yakima, Washington, field office on August 5, prompting a local arson investigation.
• The Department of Homeland Security–marked facility also houses Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services, and no occupants were injured in the blaze.
• DHS data show assaults on ICE personnel have climbed 830 percent since January, a rise U.S. officials link to inflammatory comments by sanctuary leaders.
• Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin condemned attacks on immigration officers and explicitly faulted figures such as Hakeem Jeffries and Michelle Wu for stoking anti-ICE sentiment.
• President Trump’s directive for roughly 1,600 daily ICE arrests remains in effect, with National Guard units deployed to major cities to support intensified interior enforcement.