Overview
- New DHS figures released Oct. 30 detail a sharp escalation in threats targeting ICE personnel during the current fiscal year.
- Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said threats now include bounties, doxxing, stalking, and targeting of officers’ families.
- DHS cited the Dallas arrest of Eduardo Aguilar, who allegedly used TikTok to solicit a $10,000 bounty for killing an ICE agent.
- Officials pointed to reported harassment such as threatening voicemails and social posts labeling agents as Nazis, including a case linked to Ferndale, Washington.
- The department said ICE will continue enforcement and that threats or attacks will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, citing Secretary Kristi Noem’s stance.