Overview
- State Rep. Enrique Sanchez posted on July 23 that “Your day of reckoning will come motherfuckers,” a message that remains publicly visible on his social account.
- Sanchez has not issued a follow-up statement or apology and there is no public record in these reports of formal disciplinary or legal action against him.
- Reporting documents a pattern of hostile rhetoric by Sanchez toward ICE, including earlier posts calling officers “Nazi Gestapo thugs” and a past refusal to condemn violence against agents.
- Sanchez was elected to the Rhode Island House in 2022 and works as a case manager assisting immigrants, a role critics say heightens scrutiny of his public threats.
- News coverage cites DHS figures showing large increases in death threats and assaults on ICE staff and notes recent anti-ICE violent incidents, with right-leaning outlets driving much of the attention.