Overview

• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said specific agents have $2,000 bounties for kidnapping and $10,000 for killing, with their photos circulated across networks.
• Noem described the actors as gangs, cartel members and known terrorist organizations, while declining to name specific groups due to ongoing investigations.
• She said DHS intelligence points to organized plans to ambush officers, and that operations have been adjusted to enhance agent safety.
• Noem cited a Chicago confrontation where a caravan allegedly boxed in federal agents, shots were fired, and a woman was hospitalized, according to local fire officials.
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is assisting DHS in tracing funding for alleged coordinated activities as heightened interior immigration enforcement continues in major cities.