How Could Nadler Ask This Question About Attacks on ICE Agents?

Maybe Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) missed the back-to-back attacks on federal immigration authorities in Texas earlier this month, or the massive Los Angeles riots in June, where ICE officers were assaulted, or the countless other attacks on agents in San Francisco, Portland, and elsewhere across the nation. Or maybe he knows exactly what these officials are facing as they enforce federal law but doesn’t want to admit that rhetoric from his party is contributing to the rise in assaults against ICE officials.

Commenting on the clip of Nadler feigning ignorance, border czar Tom Homan reminded the Democrat that attacks are up 830 percent from last year, a figure the Department of Homeland Security recently released.

This buffoon knows exactly what attacks — his party is the one encouraging them.

ICE agents are facing an 830% increase in assaults because of smears from the left. Their words have consequences. We won’t let them pretend they don’t. https://t.co/wxWbnxKhuu
— Thomas D. Homan (@RealTomHoman) July 19, 2025

In recent weeks, both the media and politicians have escalated their anti-ICE rhetoric. Democratic members of Congress have been caught red-handed doxing and even physically assaulting ICE officials.
Just this week, Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA) showed a violent mob an ICE employee’s business card, putting a target on his back and prompting the mob to attack him. The official was struck by a rock and sent to the emergency room where he received multiple stitches.
Earlier this year, Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) trespassed on and stormed the Delaney Hall detention facility, where she proceeded to physically assault an ICE officer. She has been indicted on federal assault charges.
In Portland, ICE officers have been doxed and threatened by local antifa-affiliated organizations who are posting their pictures and personal addresses and threatening them and their families. One officer even had an individual show up at their house and dump trash on their lawn, which included signs that read “F**k you” and named the officer directly.
Meanwhile, the mainstream media continues to publish alarmist, patently false stories about federal immigration enforcement efforts.
During an enforcement operation where ICE and federal law enforcement rescued 14 children from potential exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking, the media falsely reported that a man died in law enforcement custody. This was an outright lie. The man was not being pursued by law enforcement but still chose to climb up to the roof of a green house, where he fell 30 feet.
The media also falsely accused ICE of “targeting” children in a clear attempt to demonize law enforcement. Rather than separate families, ICE asks mothers if they want to be removed with their children or if the child should be placed with someone else safe the parent designates.
DHS has debunked dozens of these and other fake news narratives that are demonizing federal law enforcement, especially ICE officers, who are just trying to do their job. Their lies and fake stories continue to stir up hate and violence, which is leading to these assaults. (DHS)

“Brave ICE law enforcement are risking their lives every day to keep our communities safe from the worst of the worst criminals,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement last week. “ICE law enforcement are succeeding to remove terrorists, murderers, pedophiles and the most depraved among us from America’s communities, even as crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians are inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them. It is reprehensible that our officers are facing this threat while simply doing their jobs and enforcing the law.”

Given Nadler's past remarks about ANTIFA, it's no surprise: