.@GavinNewsom, cease the reckless threats and demonization of our regulation enforcement. America deserves higher than this.
No quantity of political fundraising or posturing to extremists and activists will make America higher for our youngsters. That’s who we’re combating for: the following… pic.twitter.com/YLWleB7q9U
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) September 23, 2025
Democratic-run states and cities have waged warfare on ICE brokers over migration insurance policies. The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) reported a 413% improve in violent bodily assaults on ICE officers again in June, however that quantity has greater than doubled to 1,000% because of the ongoing political rhetoric that these brokers are kidnapping harmless folks. California’s Governor Gavin Newsom applied the primary laws within the nation prohibiting ICE brokers from sporting facial masks.
“What are you afraid of?” Newsom mocked ICE officers as supporters cheered. These women and men have been doxxed on-line. Dwelling addresses, names of members of the family, and in some cases, the place their kids attend college, are circulating on the web. Sure Republic-led states like Tennessee and Florida have launched laws to ban doxxing practices. Florida routinely conducts check-ins and patrols to make sure the security of ICE brokers and their households.
Mobs of indignant protestors generally encompass ICE raids, and violence ensues. Footage of brokers flow into on-line boards the place deranged people search out their private data to stalk and harass federal brokers. Democrats have inspired the aggression. “Each single ICE agent who’s engaged on this aggressive overreach and try to cover their identities from the American folks can be unsuccessful in doing that,” Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) mentioned.
The “No Secret Police Act” applied by Newsom is meant to behave as a counter to “lawless immigration raids.” Newsom claims there are anti-doxxing legal guidelines in place in California. “When you’re going to go down that path, do judges then begin getting masked? Do elected officers begin masking themselves? Does anybody that’s on the receiving finish of recent day bullying because it pertains to on-line exercise?” Elected officers akin to Newsom are surrounded by safety always. ICE brokers are provided no such protections and should bodily shield themselves for assaults that appear inevitable in these blue-run areas that favor legal conduct.
Newsom forgets that federal regulation will all the time supersede state regulation. The Supremacy Clause (Article VI) states that the US Structure is the “supreme regulation of the land” that takes priority over any and all state legal guidelines or constitutions.
His statements are purely political posturing and theater. No police officer would dare to arrest a federal regulation enforcement agent and danger public humiliation or potential legal fees.
