Officer Shot During ICE Facility Attack As Trump Admin Pledges Harsh Response
The Trump administration has pledged a “zero tolerance” stance on violence targeting law enforcement following the shooting of a local police officer near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas on Friday.
“We are closely monitoring the attacks on DHS detention facilities in Prairieland, TX, and Portland, OR, and are coordinating with the USAOs and our law enforcement partners,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blance posted on Saturday to the social media site X.
“The Department has zero tolerance for assaults on federal officers or property and will bring the full weight of the law against those responsible,” he added.
The warning followed separate incidents at Department of Homeland Security facilities in Prairieland, Texas, near Dallas, and in Portland, Oregon.
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pic.twitter.com/oMi908xl2L A North Texas Police officer was shot outside an ICE facility by a pro-illegal alien activist.
— Kate (@kate_p45) July 6, 2025
This is what will continue to happen until democrats who incite this behavior and their unhinged supporters aren’t held accountable.
In Texas, a local officer was shot Friday night while responding to reports of an armed suspect near the ICE detention center. Meanwhile, in Portland, demonstrators clashed with federal agents outside the ICE facility after President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law, the New York Post reported.
In Texas, several suspects were apprehended after an officer from the Alvarado Police Department was shot while responding to a report of a suspicious individual near the Prairieland Detention Facility, where they encountered a person with a firearm, CBS News reported.
When officers attempted to approach the suspects, they came under fire, with one round striking an officer in the neck, according to police. The wounded officer was airlifted to a hospital in Fort Worth, treated, and later released, the Alvarado Police Department confirmed.
The suspects attempted to flee, but several armed individuals were apprehended with assistance from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies.
President Donald Trump on Saturday praised ICE officers for “fighting every day to reclaim our Sovereignty and Freedom,” as he spotlighted their role in his plans for the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history.
“This July 4th weekend I want to give a big ‘THANK YOU!’ to the Heroic ICE Officers fighting every day to reclaim our Sovereignty and Freedom,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
He pointed to his signature immigration plan, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as the key to giving ICE billions more in funding to carry out its immigration enforcement duties.
“One of the most exciting parts of the ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ is that it includes ALL of the Funding and Resources that ICE needs to carry out the Largest Mass Deportation Operation in History,” Trump said.
“Our Brave ICE Officers, who are under daily violent assault, will finally have the tools and support that they need. We will not let America become a Third World Country filled with Crime, failing Schools, collapsing Hospitals, and total Social Dysfunction,” he continued.
“It’s called ‘REMIGRATION’ and, it will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Border czar Tom Homan, meanwhile, shockingly revealed that he is living apart from his wife due to death threats he has received in an interview with the New York Post’s Miranda Divine last month on her “Pod Force One” podcast.
“I spent a lot of time with my boys growing up, but as I got more and more — climbed the ladder of what I’ve done with ICE director and now back — I don’t see my family very much,” Homan said.
“My wife’s living separately from me right now, mainly because I worked for many hours, but mostly because of the death threats against me,” the country’s top border enforcer added. “She’s someplace else. I see her as much as I can, but the death threats against me and my family are outrageous.”
Homan served as acting ICE director during the first Trump administration but chose to retire after his nomination for the permanent role stalled in the Senate amid concerns about his tenure at the agency.
