Our officers have been shot at and assaulted. They have faced death threats, doxxing and confrontations at their homes. Spotter networks in Chicago linked to street gangs and Mexican cartels track the movements of officers for Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, relaying locations and enabling ambushes during routine enforcement operations.

This month a member of the Latin Kings gang was charged with putting a bounty on the life of Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino. The illegal alien charged with placing that bounty was arrested, has pleaded not guilty, and will face justice. The incident shows the enormous risk law-enforcement officers face to make our cities safe again.

A self-styled anarchist website in Portland, Ore., encouraged supporters to use high-powered laser pointers to bring down federal helicopters in the area.

In Dallas an anti-ICE terrorist opened fire on an ICE facility intending to kill officers. Instead, he killed two detainees. In Alvarado, Texas, Antifa terrorists ambushed ICE officers at a detention facility, wounding a local police officer in the neck.

Despite all this, pro-crime politicians seem intent on dismissing the violence, even encouraging it by stripping protections from law-enforcement officers. That is why our officers wear masks. Protecting their identity is one way to prevent bad actors from targeting their homes and threatening their families. Some politicians want to deprive officers of this protection, knowing that doing so puts their lives in grave danger. They tell local police to stand down while federal law-enforcement officers fight for their lives.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law purporting to ban federal law enforcement from wearing masks on duty. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has threatened federal officers with prosecution for enforcing immigration law. Antifa continues its attacks on law enforcement and innocent civilians in Portland, while city “leaders” hamstring the local police.

I met with Portland Mayor Keith Wilson last month to request more security measures for our law-enforcement officers who have been under attack for months in his city. Mr. Wilson responded by publishing an op-ed attacking federal law-enforcement officers for doing the job he refuses to do.

Portland’s problems go well beyond mere refusal to enforce the law. Its City Council continues to cut the police bureau’s budget. Portland ranks 48th among America’s 50 largest cities in the ratio of police staffing to population. Meanwhile leftist rioters, Antifa terrorists and violent criminals run wild.

That is why the federal government must step in, enforce the law and stand up to the violence that these politicians cannot or will not confront—as it did in Memphis, Tenn., Chicago and the District of Columbia. President Trump is tackling the crisis head on, including designating Antifa a domestic terrorist organization.

Meanwhile, the mainstream media continues to demonize ICE and Department of Homeland Security officers, contributing to the 1,000% increase in assaults on officers this year compared with 2024.

We shouldn’t be all that surprised. Democrats won’t denounce Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones’s text messages wishing violence on his political opponents and their young children. At No Kings rallies, many Democrats gave speeches and made common cause with protesters, reveling in violent symbolism, mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination and calling for ICE agents to be gunned down.

The threat goes beyond the criminals, rioters and terrorists themselves to their enablers. That includes the network of nonprofits that support extremist ideology, recruit pro-crime district attorneys, and pay to release violent criminals on bond.

This climate of political violence is against everything our founders wanted. They fought a revolution so that we as a people could solve disagreements by what Alexander Hamilton called in the Federalist Papers “reflection and choice” over “accident and force.” Those on the left stoking this violence need to turn the temperature down before more people are hurt or killed.

Regardless, DHS won’t give up this fight for rule of law and will take all appropriate measures to keep our officers safe. There will be no sanctuary for those who threaten our Republic and our way of life.