DHS Increasing Security at ICE Facilities After Dallas Shooting

The Department of Homeland Security said it is planning to increase security at Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities across the country following a deadly shooting at a Dallas field office Wednesday.

“In light of today’s 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,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.

“Our ICE officers are facing a more than 1,000% increase in assaults against them.”