Assaults on ICE and other federal officers are surging during immigration operations, and recent arrests suggest a federal crackdown. In Los Angeles, Border Patrol\u2019s BORTAC team arrested a U.S. citizen who allegedly spit on agents during a deportation action, an incident highlighted by El Centro Sector Chief Gregory K. Bovino.<\/p>\n
Bovino posted video showing the suspect\u2014wearing an anti-ICE shirt\u2014being taken into custody at a business, adding that assaulting federal officers brings federal consequences and that agents swiftly served a warrant.<\/p>\n
In Oregon, prosecutors charged 24-year-old Robert Jacob Hoopes with aggravated assault on a federal officer and depredation of government property after he allegedly threw large rocks at Portland\u2019s ICE building\u2014striking an officer in the head\u2014and helped use an upended stop sign to ram the main door. Since June 13, 2025, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office there has charged 23 defendants tied to violence at the facility.<\/p>\n
Separately, two Southern California clinic workers were charged with assaulting a federal officer and conspiring to obstruct duties after a July 25 incident in Los Angeles. DHS says assaults on ICE officials rose 830% from Jan. 21 to July 14, 2025, compared with the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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