On the heels of the Trump administration enforcing a zero tolerance policy, in other words, adhering to the law, DHS is now warning employees that they are targets for attack by anti-Trump protestors.
The memo cites attacks that employees have already suffered:
Around two dozen threat reports were issued in the past few days, primarily against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to the same official. Each of these reports is generally related to a specific online threat. All employees are personally contacted by DHS security if they are the target of a violent threat, the official said.
In one example, a senior DHS official living in the Washington. D.C. area found a burnt and decapitated animal on his front porch, according to an official with knowledge of the incident.
The uptick in threats comes amid multiple protests directed at ICE and Customs and Border Protection officers, as well as the DHS secretary. It’s unclear exactly how much the threats have increased.
In Portland, Oregon, protesters calling themselves Occupy ICE PDX camped out in front of an ICE field office for days, The Oregonian reported.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said he supported the protesters, tweeting on Wednesday that he did not want the Portland Police Department “to be engaged or sucked into a conflict, particularly from a federal agency that I believe is on the wrong track.”
He added that the demonstration “seemed to be very peaceful.”
Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was heckled while eating at a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C., by group calling itself the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America.
“You’re eating a Mexican dinner as you’re deporting tens of thousands of people separated from their parents,” chanted the protesters.
And last Friday, demonstrators played ProPublica audio of crying children outside her Virginia home while chanting “shame!”
In addition to the protests, thousands of employees have had personal data leaked on social media, the letter to employees said. On Thursday, WikiLeaks published information on more than 9,000 supposed current and former ICE employees, saying it is important for “increasing accountability,” according to The Washington Post.
Source: WTOP
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What yellow bully losers they are if they don’t like what we do to protect our great America God Bless the workers that are protecting us. Thank you for a job well done..