An arsonist attacked an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Washington state over the weekend, throwing a rock through a window and lighting a fire on the property.
The unidentified arsonist targeted an ICE field office in Yakima, Washington, about 140 miles south of Seattle. Federal agents, the Department of Homeland Security says, managed to escape from the attack unscathed.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin slammed Democrat politicians for their incendiary rhetoric against ICE agents, accusing them of contributing to the surge in violence against the federal law enforcement force.
“Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, Tim Walz, and Mayor Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE,” McLaughlin charged. “From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi Gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale.”
Pictures from DHS and released by the New York Post show plumes of smoke filling the air as the fire burns on the property.
From DHS / NY Post
“Secretary Noem has been clear: Anyone who seeks to harm law enforcement officers will be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” the DHS Assistant Secretary went on to say.
Noem has also called out Democrat politicians like Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for “risking people’s lives” by opposing ICE and doxxing agents who were active in the southern city.
McLaughlin noted that it has not been confirmed that ICE agents were the target of the attack, though the building is identified as a DHS office and is identified online as an ICE field office.
The arson attack is the latest assault against the agency tasked with upholding and enforcing federal immigration law. ICE agents have faced attacks from both leftwing activists and illegal alien criminals.
One unidentified man is believed to have fired a pistol at agents near Camarillo, California, while nearly a dozen suspects were charged early last month after attacking law enforcement at an ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas.