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Hinson bill doubles penalties for attacking ICE agents
Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says this morning’s deadly shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas adds urgency to her call to toughen penalties for attacking ICE agents.
The FBI says two people detained by ICE were killed, but the phrase “ANTI ICE” was written on one of the shooter’s shell casings. Hinson, a Republican from Marion, is co-sponsoring a bill that would double criminal penalties for assaulting, resisting, or impeding an ICE officer or employee. “We know ICE agents are real people. They’re on the front lines of protecting our country,” Hinson said. “We know assaults on them are up between 700% and 1000% as we continue to see media smearing them, the misinformation, the left’s calls to strip them of their protective gear.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Saturday to ban ICE agents from wearing masks during raids in California. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the law is “a publicity stunt” and ICE agents will continue to wear face coverings during enforcement operations.
