Why are Progressives Attacking ICE Agents? | Simon Hankinson
Heritage Explains
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4.7 • 847 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Attacks on ICE agents are escalating nationwide, now up nearly 700% over the same time last year. Organized riots followed recent ICE enforcement actions. Investigations reveal coordination by known radical groups that also organized the 2020 BLM/Antifa riots and 2023 pro-terrorism demonstrations. These are not spontaneous uprisings—they are well-funded, highly-organized anti-American efforts.
Here to explain why these attacks on are on the rise is Simon Hankinson, Senior Research Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation.
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| 0:44.5 | My name's Nancy Larson. |
| 0:48.1 | I'm the acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. |
| 0:50.0 | Thank you all for being here. |
| 0:58.5 | We're here to tell you that late at night on July 4th, Friday night at approximately 1037 p.m. |
| 1:09.0 | At the Prairie Land Ice Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, 10 to 12 individuals dressed in black military-style clothing, began shooting fireworks and engaging an acts of vandalism at the |
| 1:13.7 | facility. And this was part of an organized attack. |
| 1:19.7 | This audio comes from a press conference held last week in Alvarado, Texas, following a July 4th |
| 1:26.1 | attack on an ice facility. Attacks on ice agents are |
| 1:29.6 | escalating nationwide, now up nearly 700% over the same time last year. On that same day, |
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