Overview

• Jayapal said unmarked officers wearing masks and plain clothes have been kidnapping legal residents without identification or oversight and she pressed the administration to apologize for unconstitutional raids
• White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson called her remarks “dangerous smears” and demanded she retract them, blaming her for a 500% rise in attacks on ICE agents
• Raw data obtained by The New Republic indicate 79 assaults on ICE agents between January 21 and June 30, up from 69 over the same period last year
• Border czar Tom Homan warned that the ICEBlock app could expose enforcement operations to potential ambushes, heightening risks for unmarked agents
• The clash highlights growing debate over transparency and accountability in immigration enforcement and its impact on public safety and civil rights