Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that there has been a huge spike in assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operation.

“Our brave ICE law enforcement are now facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them as they risk their lives to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens,” Noem wrote in a post on X. “These acts of violence are fueled by sanctuary politicians rhetoric vilifying our law enforcement.”

“We will not and have not let this violence stop us or slow us down,” she said. “Everyday our law enforcement continues to enforce the law and arrest the most depraved criminals including pedophiles, terrorists, murderers, gang members, and sexual predators.”

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