{"id":2487981,"date":"2025-09-18T00:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-calls-for-sanctuary-politicians-and-leftist-groups-to-stop-demonizing-dhs-officers\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T00:55:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:55:37","slug":"dhs-calls-for-sanctuary-politicians-and-leftist-groups-to-stop-demonizing-dhs-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-calls-for-sanctuary-politicians-and-leftist-groups-to-stop-demonizing-dhs-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS calls for \u2018sanctuary politicians\u2019 and \u2018leftist groups\u2019 to stop \u2018demonizing\u2019 DHS officers"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdhs-calls-for-sanctuary-politicians-and-leftist-groups-to-stop-demonizing-dhs-officers%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=2487981&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>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has urged Democratic politicians, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-blm-vandalize-ice-building-burn-original-starbucks\/\" title=\"Antifa, BLM vandalize ... building, burn original Starbucks\">left-wing groups<\/a>, and legacy media to stop &#8220;demonizing&#8221; DHS law enforcement officers. This plea follows a recent surge in violent attacks against ICE officers and the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin emphasized that inflammatory rhetoric targeting DHS personnel and supporters of former President Trump is fueling political violence, including a more than 1,000% rise in assaults on ICE officers. The DHS release points to various Democratic figures who have used harsh language against ICE, comparing them to &#8220;slave patrols,&#8221; &#8220;TrumpS modern-day Gestapo,&#8221; and &#8220;secret police,&#8221; which DHS says exacerbates hostility and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lamonica-mciver-indicted-by-federal-grand-jury-over-ice-protest-could-face-up-to-17-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"LaMonica McIver indicted by federal grand jury over ... protest, could face up to 17 years in prison\">endangers law enforcement<\/a>. The department warns that such rhetoric must stop to prevent further violence,especially amid recent incidents like a car attack on an FBI building deemed domestic terrorism. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DHS calls for &lsquo;sanctuary politicians&rsquo; and &lsquo;leftist groups&rsquo; to stop &lsquo;demonizing&rsquo; DHS officers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2233637\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Homeland Security<\/a> called on Democratic politicians, legacy media outlets, and left-wing organizations to stop &ldquo;demonizing DHS law enforcement.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The request comes less than a week after the assassination of conservative Republican activist and Turning Point USA Founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>, and repeated attacks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICE<\/a> officers throughout the country, including two incidents over the last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3812966\/bernie-sanders-first-senator-israel-genocide-gaza\/\">Sanders becomes first senator to say Israel committing genocide in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3813040\/judge-order-mahmoud-khalil-deported-algeria-syria\/\">Judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Algeria or Syria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3812774\/tony-gonzales-staffer-dies-catching-fire\/\">Tony Gonzales staffer dies after catching on fire at home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;This hateful rhetoric is inspiring political violence in our country and assaults against our brave DHS law enforcement,&rdquo; read a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/09\/17\/dhs-calls-media-and-far-left-stop-demonization-president-trump-his-supporters-and\">release<\/a> issued on Wednesday from the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin asked left-wing politicians, activists, organizations and groups to halt the inflammatory rhetoric &ldquo;before someone else is killed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/3809025\/charlie-kirk-supporters-not-riot-loot-or-cause-violence\/\"><strong>VIGILS, NOT VIOLENCE. CHARLIE KIRK SUPPORTERS DIDN&rsquo;T RIOT WHILE GRIEVING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Following the evil act of political violence in the country this week and two brutal assaults on our brave ICE law enforcement last week, we are once again calling on the media and the far left to stop the hateful rhetoric directed at President Trump, those who support him, and our brave DHS law enforcement,&rdquo; said McLaughlin. &ldquo;This demonization is inspiring violence across the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She then explained how such rhetoric has corresponded with a significant increase in violence against ICE officers as they try to do their jobs with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >illegal immigration enforcement initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our ICE officers are facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults against them,&rdquo; McLaughlin added. &ldquo;We have to turn down the temperature before someone else is killed. This violence must end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The request also came on the same day a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3810963\/man-drives-vehicle-into-fbi-building-in-pittsburgh\/\">drove a car into the gates of an FBI building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<\/a>. The FBI categorized the incident as an act of domestic terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The release also noted multiple examples of Democratic politicians using &ldquo;violent rhetoric against DHS law enforcement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In one instance, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jasmine-crockett\/\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a> (D-TX) compared ICE officers to &ldquo;slave patrols.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I see ICE, I see slave patrols,&rdquo; Crockett said in a comment that was highlighted by DHS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D) has regularly disparaged ICE officers. DHS highlighted a comment he made while giving a commencement speech at the University of Minnesota in which he called ICE officers &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s modern-day Gestapo.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444699\/timeline-increasing-incidents-political-violence-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said the deployment of ICE officers to enforce illegal immigration law had transformed the U.S. into &ldquo;essentially Nazi Germany.&rdquo; Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) called ICE a &ldquo;neo-Nazi group.&rdquo; And Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said ICE officers were &ldquo;masked, secret police&rdquo; that were &ldquo;terrorizing our communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This hateful rhetoric is contributing to political violence in our country and a more than 1000% increase in assaults against our brave ICE law enforcement,&rdquo; noted the DHS release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHS urges leftist groups to stop demonizing its officers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2487982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICE.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[11185,7492,51050,34710,63587],"class_list":["post-2487981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-demonizing","tag-dhs","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-leftist-groups","tag-sanctuary-politicians"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ICE.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487981","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2487981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487985,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487981\/revisions\/2487985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2487982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2487981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2487981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2487981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}