White House Press Release - Democrats' Unhinged Crusade Against ICE Fuels Bloodshed

The carnage in Dallas, Texas — where a maniac with "ANTI-ICE" ammo gunned down an ICE field office in an attack clearly targeted at ICE personnel — lays bare the deadly consequences of Democrats' unhinged crusade against our border enforcement.

Democrats have spent years vilifying ICE as "fascists," "the Gestapo," and "slave patrols," inciting a 1,000% surge in assaults on agents and a wave of Radical Left terror. Their words aren't just reckless — they're a battle cry for violence.

• Gov. Tim Walz smeared ICE as the "modern-day Gestapo."
• Gov. Gavin Newsom likened ICE to "secret police," calling them "authoritarian" and proclaiming a "right to push back."
• Gov. JB Pritzker claimed the country is becoming "Nazi Germany" because ICE is "grabbing people off the street… and disappearing them."
• Rep. Robin Kelly smeared ICE as the "Gestapo" and a "betrayal."
• Rep. Jasmine Crockett compared ICE to "slave patrols."
• Rep. Sylvia Garcia referred to ICE agents as "thugs."
• Rep. Delia Ramirez attacked ICE as "a terror force."
• Rep. Pramila Jayapal called ICE agents "deranged," accused them of "kidnapping," and said "resistance" to ICE is "inspiring."
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib said ICE is "terrorizing our communities" and "turning our country into a fascist police state," and called it a "rogue agency."
• Rep. Ayanna Pressley said ICE is "terrorizing our communities."
• Rep. Max Frost compared ICE operations to "some of the worst horrors and crimes against humanity" in history.
• Rep. John Larson said ICE is "the SS" and "the Gestapo."
• Rep. LaMonica McIver incited people to "shut down the city" because "we are at war."
• Rep. Stephen Lynch smeared ICE agents as "the Gestapo" and "nondescript thugs."
• Rep. Dan Goldman compared federal agents to "secret police" who must be unmasked.
• Rep. Becca Balint called ICE agents "vigilantes" who can't be trusted.
• Rep. Ilhan Omar said ICE agents are "vile and beyond cruel," and that the agency should be abolished.
• Rep. Nikki Budzinski called ICE agents "dangerous and reckless."
• Sen. Bernie Sanders asked people to "figure out a way to stop ICE from what they are doing as soon as possible."
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed ICE is "intentionally stok[ing] fear" and "tear[ing] communities apart."
• Rep. Hakeem Jeffries implored people to "fight" the Trump Administration "in the streets" and declared ICE agents "will be unsuccessful" in protecting their identities "no matter what it takes."
• Boston Mayor Michelle Wu compared ICE agents to the neo-Nazi group NSC-131.
• Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson accused ICE of being "secret police" who are "terrorizing our communities."
• Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spread a disgusting, fabricated hoax that ICE "kidnapped" a woman on her way to work.
• Rep. Gil Cisneros claimed ICE has "terrorized" people through "racial profiling."
• Rep. Eric Swalwell said it was his "priority" to ensure ICE agents "are no longer faceless," comparing them to "some 1800s bank robber or some KGB officer in Russia."
• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said ICE "should not exist."
• Rep. Kweisi Mfume challenged the Trump Administration to "a street fight."
• Rep. Jerry Nadler accused ICE agents of "hiding misbehavior because otherwise why would they be wearing masks?"