{"id":2472138,"date":"2025-08-07T19:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-in-washington-are-looking-for-a-cowardly-arsonist-as-assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-830\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:20:44","slug":"police-in-washington-are-looking-for-a-cowardly-arsonist-as-assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-830","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-in-washington-are-looking-for-a-cowardly-arsonist-as-assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-830\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in Washington Are Looking for a &#8216;Cowardly&#8217; Arsonist as Assaults on ICE Agents Skyrocket 830%"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fpolice-in-washington-are-looking-for-a-cowardly-arsonist-as-assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-830%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=2472138&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>An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sub-office in Washington state was attacked over teh weekend in an arson incident. A rioter threw a rock through a window and set a small fire at the building&#8217;s back. No injuries have been reported, and local authorities are investigating the event as arson. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted the attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, condemning the violent act and linking it to a broader trend of increased assaults against ICE officers-reportedly up 830%. DHS criticized what it described as aggressive rhetoric from certain liberal politicians, which it says contributes to hostility against ICE personnel. ICE officials also addressed ongoing concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-slams-wus-comparison-of-ice-agents-to-neo-nazis\/\" title=\"DHS slams Wu&#039;s comparison of ... to neo-Nazis\">agents wearing masks<\/a> for safety reasons amidst harassment and threats. The agency emphasized that while ICE is not perfect, violence is not the answer, urging citizens to use legal and peaceful channels to address grievances.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>An Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Washington state was hit with an arson attack over the weekend, and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">federal agents<\/a> are hunting for the culprit.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/patriots-wanted-dhs-drops-age-cap-80000-americans-rush-join-ice-help-clean-bidens-mess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> posted information about the attack on the social media website X Tuesday, laying out what happened.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On Saturday, a cowardly rioter threw a rock through a window of a building that ICE has a sub-office in,&rdquo; the message began. &ldquo;Additionally, a small fire was set at the back of the building. Local authorities are investigating this [as] an act of arson. There have been no injuries reported at this time and the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is unclear if our brave ICE law enforcement were the targets of these violent acts,&rdquo; it continued.<\/p>\n<p>DHS did, however, bring up recent fearmongering reports and negative attacks from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-gop-senator-drops-bomb-runaway-dems-guilty-bribery-now-wants-fbi-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberal lawmakers<\/a>, claiming that ICE agents are facing a massive increase in assaults.<\/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\">On Saturday, a cowardly rioter threw a rock through a window of a building that ICE has a sub-office in. Additionally, a small fire was set at the back of the building. Local authorities are investigating this has an act of arson. There have been no injuries reported at this time&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/55MB6Y7idr\">pic.twitter.com\/55MB6Y7idr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/1952792810651844751?\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi Gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale,&rdquo; the DHS added. &ldquo;Our ICE law enforcement is now facing an 830% increase in assaults against them. Secretary Noem has been clear: Anyone who seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >harm law enforcement officers<\/a> will be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/05\/us-news\/arsonist-attacks-ice-office-in-washington-state-hurls-rock-through-window\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on the attack as well, and included photos of the damage.<\/p>\n<p>Though no injuries were reported, Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the New York Post that rhetoric from far-left leaders is putting federal agents at greater risk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like [House Minority Leader] Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor [Michelle] Wu of Boston,&#8239;[Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz, and Mayor [Karen] Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>These increased attacks also come at a time when Democratic lawmakers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/notoriously-liberal-circuit-court-rules-la-covid-vax-mandate-must-stand-even-doesnt-work-efficacy-irrelevant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberal<\/a> citizens are pushing for ICE agents to forego using masks, leaving them open to doxing and further harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the intimidation factor being an issue with regard to masks and First Amendment concerns, each officer was mandated to wear a body camera linked to their identity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-announces-updated-policy-body-worn-cameras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to a January announcement on ICE&rsquo;s website.<\/p>\n<p>When the announcement was made, however, ICE recognized that they did not have the resources to issue cameras to all ICE law enforcement personnel, but would &ldquo;begin deploying&rdquo; body cameras to reach their goal.<\/p>\n<p>Even Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, admitted he doesn&rsquo;t like the practice of agents wearing masks. Yet he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ice-todd-lyons-interview-masks-medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> he&rsquo;d allow it to continue &ldquo;due to concerns about his officers&rsquo; safety.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a proponent of the masks,&rdquo; Lyons explained. &ldquo;However, if that&rsquo;s a tool that the men and women of ICE to keep themselves and their family safe, then I will allow it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do kind of push back on the criticism that they don&rsquo;t identify themselves,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;The immigration mission is one of the forefront of this administration, so it [has] a lot of scrutiny and publicity to it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>These attacks are unacceptable. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ice-facility-attacked-officer-shot-trump-admin-vows-zero-tolerance-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE<\/a> is not perfect, nor are its agents, and they never will be. But violence is not the answer. It can only escalate the problem.<\/p>\n<p>If citizens have issues with how ICE conducts its operations, the courts are at their disposal. Or they can meet with local, state, and federal leaders. They can even organize a get-out-the-vote campaign to defeat lawmakers they disagree with, or even become citizen journalists on the ground, within reason.<\/p>\n<p>When weapons, arson, threats, and potential murder come into the picture, it can set off a powder keg that has the potential to plunge the country into chaos.<\/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( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Washington state was targeted in an arson attack over the weekend, prompting federal agents to search for those responsible. The Department of Homeland Security shared details about the incident on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday, explaining that a rioter threw a rock through a window of an ICE sub-office and set a small fire at the back of the building. Authorities are investigating it as arson, with no injuries reported so far. DHS also noted concerns about rising assaults on ICE officers amid hostile rhetoric from some politicians and activists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2472139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arson-attack-on-ICE-office.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53430,11340,52567,3967,4086],"class_list":["post-2472138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arsonist","tag-assaults","tag-ice-agents","tag-police","tag-washington"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Arson-attack-on-ICE-office.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472142,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472138\/revisions\/2472142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}