Car attacks on ICE officers have spiked — surging by some 3,200% over the past year, according to shocking data released by the Department of Homeland Security.
Federal officials said violent “radical rhetoric from sanctuary politicians” is to blame for car attacks targeting ICE agents skyrocketing between Jan. 21, 2025, and Jan. 7, 2026, DHS data provided to The Post revealed.
Agents reported 66 attacks compared to only two during the same period in 2024, the data showed.
Federal immigration officers have also reported a 1,347% increase in assaults and a whopping 8,000% surge in death threats during the first year of President Trump’s second term.
“This unprecedented increase in violence in law enforcement is a direct result of sanctuary politicians and the media creating an environment that demonizes our law enforcement and encourages rampant assaults against them,” DHS spox Tricia McLaughlin said.
“Dangerous criminals — whether they be illegal aliens or U.S. citizens — are assaulting law enforcement and turning their vehicles into weapons to attack law enforcement. Still, the brave men and women of DHS will not be deterred and will continue arresting the wrose of the worst criminal illegal aliens.
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“Anyone who attacks law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
The DHS spox cited multiple occasions where Democratic politicians blasted federal immigration enforcement, with embattled Minnesota Governor Tim Walz describing ICE agents as “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo.”
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The troubling data was released after protests Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon, with footage from the scene appearing to show her striking an ICE officer with her car before he opened fire through the vehicle’s windshield and window.





