Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director John Torres told Newsmax on Thursday that the shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas is a grim signal of rising threats to federal immigration officers and a dangerous trend that could lead to even more violence.
Appearing on Newsmax’s “National Report,” Torres said the climate of hostility toward ICE has intensified dramatically.
“The attacks are up over 1,000% and probably higher now,” Torres said. “This has just been building up to a crescendo where something like this was bound to happen. Sadly, we’ve been warning everyone to be very cautious with highly inflammatory language they’ve been using, mostly to score political points. And here we are. And it’s only a matter of time before something worse is even going to happen.”
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