Crime & Public Safety

DHS Arrests New Jersey Twins Over Threats Against Immigration Officers

The threats were allegedly aimed at Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin and called for violence against ICE agents, officials said.
DHS Arrests New Jersey Twins Over Threats Against Immigration Officers
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's processing center in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 13, 2025. Justin Hamel/AFP via Getty Images
Kimberly Hayek
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Federal agents and local police announced on Dec. 9 the arrest of two U.S. citizens in New Jersey after they allegedly made online threats to kill a top Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official and shoot Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Federal law enforcement apprehended twin brothers Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores in Absecon on Dec. 8 with the help of a SWAT team from the local police department.
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.