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Americans who still believe in law and decency should be outraged: just days after a sniper-style attack at a Dallas ICE facility left people dead and wounded, rioters gathered outside the Broadview, Illinois processing center chanting “shoot ICE” and “kill ICE.” That’s not protest — it’s incitement, and the Department of Homeland Security rightly called on local leaders to condemn the threats and restore order before more blood is spilled.
The Dallas attacker, identified as Joshua Jahn, apparently targeted the ICE facility in an indiscriminate, rooftop shooting that killed a detainee and critically wounded others, and investigators even found anti-ICE messaging connected to the ammunition. This was not a spontaneous outburst — it was ideologically driven violence that anyone with a pulse should denounce, and it underscores how dangerous the escalation of hateful rhetoric has become.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons has been on the front lines responding to this crescendo of threats, warning that the shooter’s actions could have caused far more carnage and describing the attack as a direct assault on law enforcement and the public. Lyons’s grim assessment makes it clear that this isn’t abstract politics — it’s life-or-death for officers, employees, and civilians near these facilities.
Lyons and other ICE leaders have also been blunt about the poisonous role political rhetoric plays in all this, blasting elected officials and activists who demonize ICE for fueling a climate in which extremists feel justified. Conservatives understand that calling federal agents “secret police” or demanding they be doxxed is not protected speech in any meaningful sense when it leads to real-world targeting and violence.
Make no mistake: many of the same progressive leaders and sanctuary city politicians who cheer these demonstrations have done little to condemn the chants or the violence — some even use hyperbolic language to delegitimize lawful enforcement. That moral abdication matters; when political elites signal tolerance for lawbreaking, the vacuum is filled by radicals who escalate words into bullets.
This moment calls for clarity and courage: local officials must immediately and unequivocally denounce calls for violence, prosecutors should pursue anyone who threatens federal officers or facilities, and governors should step in when city leaders enable mobs. Conservatives will always support lawful, accountable enforcement of immigration laws and will not stand by as brave men and women in blue are turned into targets because someone on TV wants a headline.
Hardworking Americans deserve safe streets and a government that enforces the rule of law, not politicians who score points by scapegoating federal agents. If we want less violence, the answer is simple — stop inflaming it. Demand accountability, defend our officers, and reject the slogans of hatred; anything less is a betrayal of common sense and the American people.
