FBI Director Kash Patel revealed new details about Joshua Jahn, the suspect who allegedly opened fire at a Dallas ICE facility, on Thursday, Sept. 25. (Aric Becker/AFP via Getty Images; Contributed to Fox News)
"In light of the horrific shooting that was motivated by hatred for ICE and the other unprecedented acts of violence against ICE law enforcement, including bomb threats, cars being used [as] weapons, rocks and Molotov cocktails thrown at officers, and doxing online of officers' families, DHS will immediately begin increasing security at ICE facilities across the country. Our ICE officers are facing a more than 1,000% increase in assaults against them," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
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"For months, we’ve been warning politicians and the media to tone down their rhetoric about ICE law enforcement before someone was killed. This shooting must serve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences," she continued, saying the comparisons to the Nazi Gestapo and "slave patrols" can have real-world impacts for the worse.
Conservative immigration experts said the increase in security is ultimately the right call.
DALLAS ICE SHOOTING INJURES MEXICAN NATIONAL, SPARKING 'CONCERN’ FROM MEXICO
Law enforcement agents look around the roof of a building near the scene of a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP/Julio Cortez)
"The Dallas shooting is another tragic reminder of the real-world consequences of reckless, anti-ICE rhetoric from the left," RJ Hauman, a Dallas-based visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, said.
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"ICE agents and support staff face escalating threats simply for enforcing the law. Strengthening security at ICE facilities is the right move — it protects employees, visitors, and detainees alike, just as ICE works every day to protect all of us. Leaders across the spectrum should stand with them in this effort," he continued."
Fox News Digital's Greg Norman contributed to this report.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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