Violent attacks on federal law enforcement agents involved in deportation operations are continuing to escalate in Governor Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary state of California. On Wednesday, a group of 15-20 violent rioters in San Francisco, California, assaulted, grabbed, punched, and pepper-sprayed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in broad daylight.
The Department of Homeland Security condemned the attack on the agents in a statement announcing the arrest of one member of the group. The incident occurred when four ICE agents, assigned to perform targeted immigration enforcement duties as part of President Trump’s ongoing deportation actions in the state, were met and surrounded by the angry mob on Montgomery Street as they carried out their duties.
According to DHS, one a