After Newsom Targeted ICE, Shooter Tries To Murder ICE Agents– thefederalist.com
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Two people are dead after a shooter whose bullet casings reportedly had “anti-ICE messages” on them targeted an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas. Just hours earlier, California Gov. Gavin Newsom described immigration enforcement as “authoritarian” and suggested people would “push back” in an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
At least two individuals were killed with a third injured after a gunman opened fire on an ICE transportation vehicle in Dallas early Wednesday morning. Investigators announced that rounds found near the shooter — who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound — were inscribed with anti-ICE messaging. Notably, there was a bomb threat at the same facility last month, according to DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin.
Officials blamed increasingly inflammatory rhetoric directed toward ICE and law enforcement for the shooting.
Acting field office director for ICE Dallas Joshua Johnson said: “This is the second time I have had to stand in front of you and talk about a shooter at one of my facilities. And I think that the takeaway from all of this is that the rhetoric has to stop. There are people out there who are seeing what is being placed online, and they’re coming and they’re doing acts of violence against ICE employees. So that’s kind of all I have for today is that it’s just got to stop. It’s dangerous. And people are losing their lives.”
