Senator Ashley Moody on ICE Violence, Democratic Rhetoric, and FBI Investigations

Attacks on Immigration Agents

• ⚠️ Federal immigration agents are facing increased attacks, with recent ambushes in Texas targeting Border Patrol and ICE facilities.
• 🎯 In McAllen, Texas, Border Patrol agents killed an armed man who opened fire on a CBP facility, injuring three people.
• 💥 In Alvarado, Texas, 11 individuals were charged, including 10 for attempted murder, after firing dozens of rounds at agents responding to vandalism at an ICE center.
• 🔍 The Alvarado ambush appeared sophisticated, with suspects wearing military-style clothing, body armor, and carrying weapons and communication devices, alongside anti-government propaganda.

Democratic Proposals and Rhetoric

• 📜 Despite the violence, Democrats are introducing a bill, the Visible Act, that would require ICE agents to be unmasked and carry visible identification during enforcement operations.
• 🗣️ Critics argue this rhetoric, including likening ICE officers to Nazis or the Gestapo, is normalizing violence against law enforcement.
• 📈 DHS reports a 700% increase in assaults against ICE agents in recent weeks, accusing Democrats and media of fueling this trend.
• ⚖️ A New York man was charged with threatening federal immigration officials and their children online, calling ICE the "new age Gestapo."

Political and Institutional Accountability

• 📢 Speaker Mike Johnson called the situation "insanity" and urged Democrats to stop dangerous actions and rhetoric.
• ✊ Senator Ashley Moody stated that lawmakers using inflammatory language are becoming "agents of our foreign adversaries" and inciting violence.
• 🚨 The Justice Department has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Chief John Brennan, with a focus on potential perjury regarding the Russia investigation and the Steele Dossier.
• 🧐 Moody described the investigations as "fumigation" to restore integrity and accountability to institutions destabilized by "radicals."