A woman is deceased after allegedly trying to ram her car into ICE agents in Minneapolis, leading an ICE agent to fire “defensive shots.”
The incident unfolded Wednesday morning when, according to Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, “ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations.” McLaughlin stated that “rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them — an act of domestic terrorism.”
An ICE officer “fearing for his life … fired defensive shots.”
Video footage of the incident posted on X appears to show officers instructing the woman to exit her vehicle. The woman accelerates and appears to nearly hit an agent who was positioned in front of her vehicle.
The individual “was hit and is deceased,” according to McLaughlin. ICE officers were reportedly “hurt” but “expected to make full recoveries.”
McLaughlin also said that there has been a 1,300 percent “increase in assaults” on ICE agents. The DHS reported in November that since Jan. 20, there had been 99 car ramming attacks against federal law enforcement.
In November, illegal alien Ever Gabriel Alvarez-Campos was charged after allegedly “intentionally” ramming “his car into an ICE vehicle and fle[eing] the scene.” In a separate incident in Chicago, “Border Patrol faced four different vehicular ramming attacks in just one day.”
In September an anti-ICE shooter opened fire on an ICE transportation vehicle in Dallas, fatally striking one detainee while injuring two others. Rounds found near the perpetrator were inscribed with “ANTI-ICE.” Just two months prior, alleged members of Antifa attacked the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. The facility was housing illegal aliens ahead of their deportation. The attackers “began by shooting fireworks toward the facility and vandalizing vehicles and a guard shed,” according to an indictment of two of the alleged conspirators.
As McLaughlin said, Wednesday’s attack against federal law enforcement is “the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement.”
Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
