Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were the victims of attacks in two separate incidents in Illinois on Thursday when two illegal immigrants allegedly used their cars as weapons in an attempt to injure the officers.
“In Bensenville, Illinois, and again in Norridge, Illinois, criminal illegal aliens weaponized their vehicles in deliberate attempts to ram and injure officers carrying out their sworn duty to uphold our nation’s immigration laws,” read a press release by the Department of Homeland Security.
In the first incident in Norridge, Illinois, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, Miguel Escareno De Loera, allegedly twice drove his car into an ICE vehicle before jumping a curb and crashing into a stop sign, the DHS said. In the second incident in Bensenville, Illinois, Widman Osberto Lopez-Funes, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, allegedly drove his automobile at ICE agents on an illegal immigration enforcement assignment. Both suspects were eventually arrested.
The two incidents mark the latest violence against ICE officers in the country related to illegal immigration enforcement. There have been multiple incidents of attempts to kill and harm officers in recent months, including the September sniper attack on a Dallas ICE facility and Molotov cocktails being thrown at ICE officers in Los Angeles in June, among others.
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DHS denounced acts of violence that endanger or harm ICE officers in their line of duty. The federal organization also blamed the “anti-ICE” rhetoric of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) for the increase in violence.
“The continued anti-ICE rhetoric spewed by Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson contributes to ICE law enforcement facing a more than 1,000% increase in assaults against them,” DHS read in the release.
“Thankfully, none of our law enforcement was killed because of these deranged criminals’ attacks on law enforcement,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin added. “This is exactly what happens when Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and other sanctuary politicians demonize ICE and encourage illegal aliens to resist law enforcement. Our ICE law enforcement is facing a more than 1,000% increase in assaults — including cars — being used as weapons against them.”
McLaughlin emphasized that anyone caught trying to harm or injure any law enforcement officer will endure significant consequences.
“Secretary Noem has been clear: Anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” McLaughlin added.
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In light of the latest violence against ICE officers, DHS reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the nation’s communities “from criminal illegal aliens.”
“DHS will restore law and order and continue to protect American communities from criminal illegal aliens who choose violence,” the release notes.
