The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Thursday that online portals put up by local and state governments that track the activities of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents put those federal agents’ lives at risk.
DHS was responding to a July 8 announcement by Montgomery County, Maryland’s government that it was the latest to launch a website that includes a reporting portal to share information with the county about ICE activity.
“ICE tracking portals DIRECTLY put the lives of ICE law enforcement in danger as they go after terrorists, vicious gangs, and violent thugs,” DHS posted on X on Thursday. “Right now, our law enforcement officers are facing coordinated campaigns of violence against them, including a more than 1,300% increase in assaults, a 3,300% increase in vehicle attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats.”…