ICE police make an arrest, left; DHS Asst. Sec. Tricia McLaughlin, right (Christopher Dilts/Getty Images; 'Hannity'/Fox News)
"We Americans should find you, tar you, feather you, and hang you as we did to anyone serving tyrants before the Revolutionary War."
A second partially redacted tweet, reportedly from the other brother, read: "Shoot ICE on sight."
McLaughlin has been front-and-center on broadcast media throughout DHS’ immigration enforcement missions.
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Photo of guns seized by police in McLaughlin threat case. (DHS)
"We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. We are not afraid of you."
Lyons added, as McLaughlin previously said, that "extreme rhetoric" from the press, sanctuary-city politicians and left-wing activists are the direct precursor to these situations.
"If you threaten our law enforcement or DHS officials, we will hunt you down, and you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
The two suspects are American citizens. Emilio was charged with unlawful possession of an assault weapon, possession of prohibited weapons, conspiracy, terroristic threats, criminal coercion and cyber harassment.
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His brother, Ricardo, was charged with one count of conspiracy-terroristic threats.
DHS credited the Absecon Police Department and its SWAT team for successfully taking the brothers into custody after they executed a search-and-arrest warrant in the Atlantic County community.
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