3,200 Percent Increase in Vehicular Attacks Against ICE Officers: DHS

Attacks have spiked significantly in 2025 from the same period the previous year.

Protestors demonstrating against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations gather in Minneapolis on Jan. 8, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel have faced more than a 1,300 percent increase in assaults and a 3,200 percent increase in vehicular attacks, according to new figures released on Jan. 8 by the Department of Homeland Security.

The department blames “radical rhetoric by sanctuary politicians” for the surge in attacks against federal law enforcement. There was also an 8,000 percent increase in death threats against the officers, according to DHS.