Overview

• Ramirez declared ICE a “terrorist organization” during her August 8 keynote address at Netroots Nation in New Orleans.
• Right-leaning outlets seized on the remarks to resurrect her earlier comment that she is “a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.”
• Conservative media highlighted reports that Ramirez’s husband is undocumented to question her position on immigration enforcement.
• Right-leaning coverage has cited DHS data alleging an 830% surge in assaults on ICE agents, though independent reports dispute those figures.
• As a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, Ramirez has defended her stance as a safeguard for immigrant rights.