A new GOP bill would impose harsher penalties on attacks against ICE agents, citing partisan clashes over Trump’s immigration policies.
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FIRSTONFOX:HouseRepublicansareadvancinglegislationtostiffenpenaltiesforpeopleconvictedofassaultingorimpedingImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(ICE)agents,escalatingthepartisanbattleoverillegalimmigrationandcrimeenforcement.
Rep.AshleyHinson,R-Iowa,introducedthe“ProtectandRespectICEAct,”backedbyReps.BradKnott,R-N.C.,andDianaHarshbarger,R-Tenn.Themeasurewoulddoublethemaximumprisonsentenceandfinesforassaulting,resistingorimpedinganICEagentoremployee.
TheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity(DHS)reportedinJulythatICEofficialsexperiencedan830%increaseinassaultsbetweenlateJanuaryandmid-Julycomparedtothesameperiodin2024.
AHinsonspokespersontoldFoxNewsDigitalthebillisintendedtodeterviolencebyanti-ICEprotesterstargetingfederalagents.
Hinsontiedthesurgeinattackstoprogressiveactivists.
“Insteadofstandingwithlawenforcement,theradicalLeftsideswithdangerousillegalaliens
