{"id":2455220,"date":"2025-07-03T11:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-rep-pramila-jayapal-doubles-down-on-disgusting-ice-terrorist-claim\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:57:04","slug":"democratic-rep-pramila-jayapal-doubles-down-on-disgusting-ice-terrorist-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-rep-pramila-jayapal-doubles-down-on-disgusting-ice-terrorist-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal Doubles Down on &#8216;Disgusting&#8217; ICE &#8216;Terrorist&#8217; Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-rep-pramila-jayapal-doubles-down-on-disgusting-ice-terrorist-claim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2455220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Representative Pramila jayapal has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-marjorie-taylor-greene-say-we-all-want-earth-to-be-the-best-planet-in-the-world\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Say, \u2018We All Want Earth To Be The Best Planet In The World\u2019?\">made controversial statements<\/a> regarding the U.S. Immigration and customs Enforcement (ICE), labeling the agency as a &#8220;terrorist force.&#8221; In a social media post,she claimed that individuals,including U.S. citizens, are being kidnapped and disappeared by masked agents working for ICE without oversight. This assertion has prompted reactions from various political figures, including a statement from a White House spokeswoman who called for an apology from Jayapal, citing a notable increase in assaults against ICE officers as a direct consequence of such rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview, Jayapal stood by her claims, describing ICE agents as &#8220;lawless&#8221; and characterized their actions as unconstitutional. She painted a vivid picture of fear and oppression related to ICE operations, suggesting that even lawful residents are vulnerable to being rounded up and deported without due process. This stance has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >heightened tensions surrounding immigration enforcement<\/a> and has drawn criticism for contributing to a perhaps hostile habitat for federal agents. The backlash includes charges that her comments undermine the rule of law and could incite violence against ICE personnel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Washington Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal isn&rsquo;t backing down on her absurd, atrocious claim that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is somehow a &ldquo;terrorist force&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Jayapal posted to social media platform X: &ldquo;ICE is acting like a terrorist force. People across the country of all legal statuses &mdash; including U.S. citizens &mdash; are being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-outlets-appear-fallen-hoax-regarding-woman-kidnapped-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kidnapped<\/a> and disappeared off the street by masked men. No oversight, no accountability. Completely lawless.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ICE is acting like a terrorist force.<\/p>\n<p>People across the country of all legal statuses &mdash; including U.S. citizens &mdash; are being kidnapped and disappeared off the street by masked men.<\/p>\n<p>No oversight, no accountability. Completely lawless.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BQyePURchi\">https:\/\/t.co\/BQyePURchi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJayapal\/status\/1940171130163392827?\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN host Brianna Keilar asked Jayapal to comment in a clip posted to X on Wednesday &mdash; and the congresswoman proceeded to double down.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;INCREDIBLE: CNN reads a White House statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATJackson47?\">@ATJackson47<\/a> about the DERANGED rhetoric that Pramilla Jayapal has been making about ICE agents.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal reacts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-d-vance-will-be-fighting-three-democrats-at-tonights-debate\/\" title=\"J.D. Vance Will Be Fighting Three Democrats At Tonight&#039;s Debate\">real time &#038;mdash<\/a>; &amp; instead of apologizing for contributing to rising threats against ICE agents, she DOUBLES DOWN,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KxZGtFodJa\">pic.twitter.com\/KxZGtFodJa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1940495651256914355?\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Keilar asked Jayapal to respond to a statement from White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/rep-jayapal-defends-comment-calling-ice-a-terrorist-force-says-white-house-owes-apology-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> obtained the statement from Jackson, which read, &ldquo;Jayapal&rsquo;s disgusting comments warrant an immediate apology. Heroic ICE officers are simply doing their jobs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-attorney-general-mark-brnovich-facebook-admits-to-aiding-human-smuggling\/\" title=\"Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich: Facebook Admits to Aiding Human Smuggling\">enforcing federal immigration law<\/a>, with the utmost professionalism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Dangerous smears by deranged leftists like Jayapal radicalize their supporters to violently attack and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sending-the-feds-to-quell-california-is-both-legal-and-necessary\/\" title=\"Sending The Feds To Quell California Is Both Legal And Necessary\u00a0\">obstruct federal law enforcement<\/a>. Because of comments like Jayapal&rsquo;s, assaults against ICE agents have increased by 500 percent this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And that number will go even higher if Jayapal doesn&rsquo;t stop with her smears,&rdquo; Jackson said on the impacts of the representative&rsquo;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Using Jackson&rsquo;s words in response, Jayapal said, &ldquo;What is deranged and cruel and outrageous is that literally we are seeing ICE agents &mdash; I assume they&rsquo;re ICE agents, they say they are, they don&rsquo;t have any identification, they&rsquo;re wearing masks, they&rsquo;re in plain clothes &mdash; they are coming and kidnapping and disappearing people on the streets of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/king-charles-travels-canada-rare-gesture-clear-shot-trump-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I never in a million years thought that that is something that I would see here in America, and so it is the administration that has to apologize to U.S. citizens that have been rounded up, to legal permanent residents, to people with legal statuses across the country who are getting swept up, people who have been here for 20 years and committed absolutely no crimes, getting swept up by masked men who are kidnapping them and deporting them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That, to me, is what is so outrageous.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s unconstitutional. Its illegal, and it is absolutely terrorizing people,&rdquo; Jayapal said, continuing her diatribe before trying to paint her home state as some sort of dystopian nightmare where people are afraid to be out in public.<\/p>\n<p>To address Jackson&rsquo;s statistic, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kristi-noem-says-dhs-working-prosecute-cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> did report assaults on ICE agents are up 500 percent while carrying out operations, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/dhs-reveals-shocking-500-increase-assaults-against-ice-officers-during-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report by Fox<\/a> from June 21.<\/p>\n<p>Surely, Jayapal&rsquo;s comments aren&rsquo;t going to alleviate tensions.<\/p>\n<p>She paints a picture that echos Nazi Germany&rsquo;s Gestapo or the secret police in the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>How exactly deporting murderers, gangsters, traffickers, and other criminals makes ICE terrorists remains unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal would desperately like you to believe good, law-abiding people are being subjected to this oppression &mdash; seemingly unaware that most Americans can do a simple Google search to see the reality of ICE&rsquo;s operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/article\/obama-record-deportations-deporter-chief-or-not\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Migration Policy<\/a> puts total deportations for former Presidents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-unrelenting-address-congress-shatters-record-held-bill-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Clinton<\/a>, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama at over 12 million, 10 million and five million, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>It was only when President Donald Trump entered the political realm that this become a monumental issue, warranting feigning this much outrage.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Individuals across the nation, regardless of their legal status-including U.S. citizens-are being abducted and vanished from the streets by masked individuals. 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