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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Ice threatens federal assault charges against anyone who attacks its officers

a person in a black shirt, cap, sunglasses and with a black bandanna wrapped around his face stands in a hallway
Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court in New York in August. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) warned on Tuesday that assaulting its officers constitutes a federal crime punishable by felony charges.

“Anyone – regardless of immigration status – who assaults an ICE officer WILL face federal felony assault charges and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law,” the agency posted on X. Embedded in the post was an image that read “think before you resist” with a clenched fist.

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