Attacks on federal immigration agents have surged 830% in the past year, prompting a string of arrests and felony charges.
In Los Angeles, a man wearing an anti-ICE shirt was tackled by a special ops team after spitting on agents during a deportation. In Portland, 24-year-old Robert Jacob Hoopes is accused of throwing rocks at officers, injuring one, and helping smash an ICE building with a homemade battering ram.
Since mid-June, Oregon has charged 23 people for crimes at ICE facilities—ranging from arson to assault—while in California, two clinic workers were arrested for allegedly attacking an agent and plotting to disrupt federal duties.
Homeland Security says assaults on ICE officers are at their highest levels in years, and offenders are increasingly facing serious federal penalties.
