Conservative radio voice Ben Ferguson took to the airwaves and to Fox to sound the alarm over a wave of threats and violence aimed squarely at ICE, warning that political rhetoric from Democrats is helping fuel a dangerous climate where federal agents and their families are being targeted. He argued — passionately and correctly — that this is not abstract political debate but real-world consequences for men and women who do a thankless job keeping our communities safe.
The danger is not hypothetical. In early July, a coordinated armed ambush outside the Prairieland ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas, left an Alvarado police officer shot in the neck and prompted the arrest of multiple suspects who allegedly wore body armor, used fireworks to lure officers out, and fired dozens of rounds at unarmed corrections staff. Federal and local prosecutors have charged a string of suspects with attempted murder of federal officers in what investigators called a planned, militant-style attack.
Texas leaders moved decisively, with the governor’s office offering rewards and state authorities treating the ambush as an organized act of violence against law enforcement — a reminder that when politics turns into mob action, the people who pay the price are everyday Americans and the officers who protect them. This is not the time for virtue-signaling or for politicians to posture; it’s time to back the men and women who enforce the law.
Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security has publicly warned of an alarming surge in threats against ICE officers — including doxxing, bounties, stalking and explicit death threats — statistics that should frighten anyone who believes in the rule of law. When federal officials report spikes measured in the hundreds or thousands of percent, that is not hyperbole; it is evidence that demonizing language from public figures translates into real danger on the ground.
Yet some in the Democratic establishment continue to normalize rhetoric that caricatures ICE as evil incarnate, while simultaneously opposing reasonable safety measures for officers like protective masking during operations. That contradiction — denouncing law enforcement while refusing to acknowledge the violence their words help normalize — is as reckless as it is dishonest. Conservatives are right to call it out: rhetoric has consequences, and silence from leaders who should calm the country is complicity.
Patriotic Americans should never equate accountability with enabling violence. We can and must insist on oversight where appropriate, but we cannot pretend that vilifying federal agents invites constructive reform rather than chaos. Law and order is not a partisan slogan; it is the framework that protects our children, our neighborhoods, and our country from becoming a free-for-all where armed mobs decide policy by intimidation.
If the left wants to make immigration a debate, fine — bring it to Congress, bring it to town halls, and let voters decide at the ballot box. But when leaders light the match of hatred and then act shocked as the fire spreads, they must be held accountable. Americans of every party should stand with those who put themselves between civilization and anarchy, demand that elected officials stop the incendiary rhetoric, and insist that criminals — not lawmen — be punished to the full extent of the law.
