anti-ICE riots

A Portland, Oregon, man pleaded guilty to his role in the violent assault of a U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) officer in June 2025.  Robert Jacob Hoopes pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of a federal employee with a dangerous weapon resulting in bodily injury on Wednesday.

The investigation into anti‑ICE student walkouts widened on Monday, with three additional Texas school districts added to a growing probe examining whether officials coordinated or encouraged students to join the January 30 protests.

States are preventing teachers and school administrators from encouraging anti-ICE walkouts amid rising violence by uninformed kids.

Benjamin Hanil Song, the accused Antifa organizer behind the July 4, 2025, armed assault on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center, is expected to testify Tuesday as nine defendants stand trial in Fort Worth on federal charges ranging from attempted murder of a federal officer to providing material support to terrorists

Teachers all across the country have led their students out of the classroom and onto the streets to protest America’s immigration policies, and many of these walkouts have featured students carrying foreign flags and resulted in violence and property damage.

Several hundred protesters — joined by waves of high school students who walked out of class — converged on San Antonio’s Travis Park Friday for the “National Shutdown” demonstration, unleashing a barrage of attacks on ICE, the Border Patrol, President Trump, Israel, and even the city’s Democrat mayor before marching through the streets near the Alamo.

A gang of organized anti-ICE activists menaced an L.A. restaurant after mistaking federal Air Marshals for ICE officers.

A top Democrat senatorial candidate from Maine on Saturday urged his followers to rise up and oppose the federal government.

The CBP Use of Force policy relies heavily on constitutional law, as interpreted by federal courts, that apply a standard that requires any use of force to be “objectively reasonable” at the time force is applied. That measure is determined by examining what the agent knew or perceived when he pulled the trigger, not by public opinion influenced by politicians, or by an arduous review of enhanced video or a frame-by-frame analysis hours or days later.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara warned on Face the Nation Sunday that public anger over a string of federal‑involved shootings has reached a breaking point, saying the city is so overwhelmed that even a finding of legal justification in the latest incident “does not matter at this point.”

President Donald J. Trump delivered a forceful rebuke Saturday to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, accusing both leaders of “inciting insurrection” through their handling of the Border Patrol agent‑involved shooting and the violent unrest that followed. In a sharply worded statement, Trump said state and local officials abandoned law enforcement, misled the public about the circumstances of the shooting, and are now attempting to shift blame onto federal agents as chaos engulfs the city.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rushed to a news conference on Saturday within hours of a man being shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent on the city’s south side. The mayor said little to calm Minneapolis residents but did propose an ultimatum to President Donald J. Trump: End your immigration operation, and safety will be restored in the city.

Chaos exploded across a South Minneapolis community on Saturday after a Border Patrol agent‑involved shooting. Large crowds surged into the streets, swarmed federal personnel, and clashed with agents attempting to secure the scene. What began as a rapid gathering of onlookers quickly devolved into a volatile confrontation, with agitators blocking roads, surrounding vehicles, and forcing federal officers into defensive positions amid a fast‑escalating wave of unrest.

Federal officials say a Minneapolis kennel employee targeted a CBP detection dog with an anti‑ICE message, marking a new escalation in the city’s hostility toward immigration enforcement.

Less than one hundred members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and their followers joined in on a protest and march in downtown San Antonio to mark the one-year anniversary of the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.

Legally, morally, and politically, backing down in Minnesota is not an option for Trump. In fact, it’s a trap.

A protester officials say was part of a group of “violent rioters” opposing ICE in Santa Ana, California, is blind in his left eye after a federal officer fired a projectile at close range, according to the Associated Press.

A Dallas woman is out of a job after recording a TikTok video alerting illegal immigrants to nearby ICE activity, a message that spread rapidly online and raised questions about whether she was attempting to interfere with federal enforcement operations.

Border Patrol agents operating under Operation Portland reportedly opened fire while attempting to arrest suspected members of the violent Tren de Aragua gang last week. The shooting followed a chaotic confrontation where the alleged gang-affiliated members weaponized their vehicle against the agents. Portland Police Bureau Chief Bob Day lost control of his emotions and began to cry as he later defended the operation during a tense news conference.

A crowd of anti-ICE activists tried to force a street shutdown near the Texas Capitol on Saturday, but Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers moved in within seconds, forming a line and driving protesters back as tensions flared on the pavement. The protests follow the shooting by an ICE officer of a woman who appeared to weaponize her vehicle by driving at the officer while she interfered with the enforcement operation.

Shots rang out in broad daylight Friday as a black Jeep driver opened fire on Border Patrol agents near 26th and Kedzie in Chicago. Agitators hurled bricks and paint cans at federal vehicles while the shooter fled the scene. The attack comes just days after Chicago and Illinois officials falsely claimed agents “stormed” a daycare—an outright lie debunked by surveillance footage. As violence against law enforcement surges, Democrat leaders continue to gaslight the public and shield lawlessness. The shooter remains at large.

A video posted on social media shows Chicago residents warmly greeting U.S. Border Patrol agents who are deployed to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers rounding up criminal aliens. The welcome stands in sharp contrast to the actions by organized anti-ICE radicals.

Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez, a Democrat, says rhetoric from the Illinois governor and the Chicago mayor are pushing the city and country to a dangerous place. He added that the anti-ICE radicals are showing why the deployment of National Guard Soldiers is necessary.

Federal immigration agents in Chicago faced two vehicular assaults in a single day—the second taking place in Bensenville—when an illegal alien rammed an ICE vehicle and fled into a residence. The incident underscores what DHS officials say is a “1000 percent spike” in attacks and a growing climate of lawlessness fueled by Illinois’s sanctuary policies.

Federal agents were ambushed and boxed in by ten vehicles during a routine patrol in Broadview, Chicago, in what officials are calling a coordinated act of domestic terrorism. One armed suspect—previously flagged for inciting violence against law enforcement online—was shot after ramming a patrol car and confronting officers with a semi-automatic weapon.

A Mexican national with a violent criminal history—previously deported four times and released under Biden administration policies—was arrested Thursday after approaching ICE’s Houston Field Office armed with a knife and carrying a crack pipe. The incident, described by DHS officials as emblematic of daily threats faced by immigration officers, has reignited criticism of the administration’s handling of border security and interior enforcement.

After refusing to arrest Antifa protesters who assaulted a conservative journalist in Portland, Oregon, police arrested conservative journalist Nick Sortor as he covered the continuing Anti-ICE protest. Reports indicate police arrested Sortor for “disorderly conduct” while he carried out his work as a journalist.

Three women from California and Colorado are facing federal charges after allegedly stalking a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent from downtown Los Angeles to his home. The U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California reported that the women livestreamed the pursuit on Instagram, publicly revealing his address to their followers — an act prosecutors say endangered the agent and incited harassment.

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a Paramount, California, man suspected of throwing pieces of cinderblock that struck and injured a Border Patrol agent during an anti-ICE protest in June. The suspect indicted in the assault is now facing a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Four anti-ICE activists were arrested after allegedly planting homemade tire deflation devices around vehicles belonging to federal law enforcement agents conducting immigration enforcement operations in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon.

Celebrating the Fourth of July is proving too dangerous for Los Angeles, prompting municipalities in the area to cancel planned celebrations due to concerns about enforcement actions by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents. The fear did not impede hundreds from attending a “Sick-of-ICE, Sick-of-Trump” protest in the city Tuesday.

Protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Trump are scheduled to take place on Tuesday in most major cities across the country. The well-organized campaign at “SICKOFICE.ORG” urges people to call out sick in solidarity with illegal aliens facing deportation.

The American Federation of Government Employees, the parent labor organization representing thousands of Border Patrol agents and other federal law enforcement officers, joined with NoKings.org to promote anti-Trump protests nationwide. Protesters at the events carried signs attacking ICE, the Border Patrol, and law enforcement in general.

Oscar-winning star Mel Gibson called out California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for their mishandling of the violent anti-ICE riots that roiled the City of Angels last weekend.

Demonstrators in Los Angeles and other major cities waved Palestinian flags and chanted for an “intifada” as protests over ICE raids spiraled into organized violence and ideological unrest.

Video shows federal agents ramming a car in Los Angeles to catch a rioter accused of punching a U.S. border agent.