Ice threatens federal assault charges against anyone who attacks its officers

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Ice threatens federal assault charges against anyone who attacks its officers

Agency on X also said people who assault officers will face felony ‘prosecution to the fullest extent of the law’

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) warned Tuesday that assaulting its officers constitutes a federal crime punishable by felony charges.

“Anyone – regardless of immigration status – who assaults an ICE officer WILL face federal felony assault charges and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law,” the agency posted on X. Embedded in the post was an image that read “think before you resist” with a clenched fist.

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