Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons laid it out plainly on national television: threats and violence against ICE officers have exploded to levels he has never seen in his law enforcement career and it’s “just too much right now.” Americans who value order and the rule of law should listen when the man running a frontline federal agency says his officers are being targeted and their safety is in peril.
Those are not empty talking points — the agency and multiple outlets report assaults on ICE personnel have surged by several hundred percent and, in some assessments, into the triple digits. When federal law enforcement is under organized attack, it’s not hyperbole to call for an immediate and uncompromising response from leaders at every level.
At the same time, Big Tech quietly removed crowd-sourced ICE-tracking apps after pressure from the Justice Department and Attorney General Pam Bondi, a move that underscores how politically powerful companies will act when the swamp in Washington leans on them. Whether you view the apps as activist tools or safety measures, Apple’s decision to pull them after public pressure shows how unaccountable tech platforms have become to everyday Americans.
Meanwhile, Lyons and common-sense Americans warned that media outlets promoting these apps were irresponsibly broadcasting tools that could be used to dox and ambush federal officers — a charge the ICE director did not mince. The same journalists who lecture us about civility can’t be allowed to cheerlead activities that paint targets on law enforcement and then act surprised when violence follows.
On the streets where Americans live, the federal government has finally begun to act — sending a Memphis task force and National Guard support to back local cops, seizing weapons and making arrests in an early sweep. Law-and-order isn’t a slogan; it’s what allows families to sleep at night and small businesses to survive, and the decision to use federal resources to protect neighborhoods is the right call when local officials refuse to confront spiraling violence.
Patriotic Americans must stand with the men and women who enforce our laws and protect our communities, not with the radicals and virtue-signaling corporations that excuse or enable attacks on them. If we want safe streets and secure borders, we need leaders who will back law enforcement, hold tech companies accountable, and stop the rhetoric that has turned public servants into targets.
