Overview
- Homeland Security Investigations agents in Fort Myers arrested Joseph Giancola, alleged to be the Bluesky user "Cain Delon" who posted the threats in July.
- DHS released examples of the messages that urged people to "shoot the ICE Nazis down" and to "start by shooting ICE thugs dead."
- Officials report death threats against ICE officers are up 8,000 percent, with assaults rising more than 1,000 percent in recent months.
- Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Giancola is in federal custody and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
- Federal prosecutors are expected to pursue interstate-threat charges, and DHS is urging the public to report threats while calling for less incendiary rhetoric from public figures and media.