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Jonathan Fahey — the former acting director of ICE who has spent decades in federal law enforcement and prosecution — used his platform on Fox’s America Reports to deliver a blunt warning to party leaders: tone down the fiery rhetoric before someone gets hurt. Fahey has repeatedly sounded alarms that hostile language and political theater are not abstract; they translate into real-world threats against the men and women who show up every day to enforce the law.
The immediate danger isn’t theoretical. Recent incidents of leaked enforcement plans and reporters airing sensitive details about ICE operations have put agents’ lives at risk, forcing raids to be canceled or compromised and creating targets where none should exist. That’s the kind of reckless “journalism” that costs lives and lets violent criminals escape justice — and Fahey called it out without apology.
This goes hand in hand with an administration that has treated the border like an open invitation rather than a national-security problem. Fahey has been clear: when policy rewards illegal entry and offers sanctuary instead of enforcement, it emboldens cartels, gangs, and radicals to exploit our generosity — and Americans pay the price. The predictable result of weak borders and soft enforcement is predictable violence and chaos.
Worse still, the fevered rhetoric coming from some corners of the political class and media ecosystem has already fueled threats against federal law enforcement, forcing FBI Director Christopher Wray and others to publicly condemn the surge in violent language. Responsible leaders on both sides of the aisle should be in the business of tamping down violence, not turning political disagreements into calls for vigilantism. Our institutions are fragile; stirring mobs sells headlines but endangers lives.
Fahey’s message to party leaders was patriotic and practical: rein in the talk, support your agents, and get serious about law and order. Conservative Americans should heed that advice because standing up for the rule of law and the safety of federal agents is not a partisan luxury — it’s the foundation of civil society and the protection of our communities. Leaders who refuse to do so are playing with fire and abandoning the very voters they claim to represent.
If we love this country, we will defend those who defend it: back our federal agents with clear policy, real resources, and a public discourse that values safety over spectacle. Hold the media and any official who leaks operations accountable, secure our border so criminals and cartels have fewer avenues to exploit, and demand that party elites stop safe-harboring rhetoric that incites violence. America deserves leaders who protect citizens first — and that starts by listening to experienced men and women like Jonathan Fahey.
