A civil emergency order was declared in the village of Broadview, Illinois, on Wednesday after attacks on law enforcement and city officials over the weekend resulted in bomb and death threats and assaults.
Broadview is home to a key Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility, which has been under attack in the past month, as stated by the Department of Homeland Security.
The department celebrated the order but blamed “sanctuary politicians” for creating a hostile environment against enforcers of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, alleging that rioters posed “serious public and officer safety threats.”
“Now, local officials were forced to declare a ‘Civil Emergency’ given police injuries, a death threat, and a bomb threat,” a senior DHS official said in a press release.
DHS cited an “8000% increase” in death threats against officers, which it attributed to the “sanctuary politicians.”
“All this garbage about ICE facilities is contributing to our officers facing an 8000% increase in death threats against them,” the official continued.
The village’s order ties into a greater trend of violence against immigration law enforcement across the United States.
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration held a hearing against “the radical left’s crusade on immigration enforcement,” which featured the expert testimony of Washington Examiner Investigative Reporter Mia Cathell, Sheriff Roy Boyd of Goliad County, Texas, and Chicago Flips Red Vice President Danielle Carter Williams.
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The hearing attempted to identify the key players behind the messaging campaign that sparked the violence toward DHS officers.
Led by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), the Senate Democrats in the subcommittee chose to boycott the hearing.
