Sponsor
Jake Ellzey
Representative · R-TX
Representative · R-TX
The resolution affirms and may secure greater protection for immigration and border personnel to enhance security and agent safety, but it raises civil liberties risks from expanded enforcement approaches and could redirect public funds away from other local needs.
Federal immigration and border enforcement personnel are publicly recognized as essential to counterterrorism and public safety, supporting continued federal protection efforts for communities.
Law-enforcement agents and federal employees at ICE/CBP: documenting attacks and threats may lead to more security resources and protective measures, potentially reducing future assaults and improving workplace safety.
Urban and border communities: framing protests and migration-related incidents as violent threats could be used to justify expanded policing or militarized responses, increasing risks to civil liberties and the right to protest.
Taxpayers and local governments: increased security or enforcement funding to protect ICE/CBP could divert taxpayer dollars away from local priorities like schools, health services, and infrastructure.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Records findings that ICE and CBP are essential to national security and documents a surge of violent attacks and threats against immigration enforcement personnel in 2025.
Official title: Condemning the recent attacks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Law Enforcement personnel and facilities.
Introduced November 17, 2025 by Jake Ellzey · Last progress November 17, 2025
Expresses congressional findings that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) perform essential missions for counterterrorism, transnational crime prevention, and homeland security, and documents a wave of violent incidents in 2025 directed at immigration enforcement facilities and personnel across multiple U.S. cities. The text highlights reported large percentage increases in assaults and death threats against ICE and Border Patrol staff and frames these attacks as a national concern for the safety of law enforcement and border security operations.