Kristi Noem: “Our intelligence indicates that these people are organized, they’re getting more and more people on their team, as far as attacking officers and they’re making plans to ambush them and to kill them. We have specific officers and agents that have bounties that have been put out on their heads. It’s about $2,000 to kidnap them, $10,000 to kill them. They’ve released their pictures, they’ve sent them between their networks and it’s an extremely dangerous situation and unprecedented. So we’ve put protective detail around those individuals, changed some of our operations to keep our officers safe, but make no mistake, this isn’t just about, you know, protesting free speech or that they don’t like that people out here are upholding the law of our country. They’re actually going out there and saying, “Kill these people and we’ll give you this much money to do it.”

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has sounded the alarm, saying a disturbing pattern of attacks tied to I.C.E. activity is getting worse by the day. According to Noem, intelligence gathered by her office points to a coordinated and growing threat targeting immigration officers and agents.

She says these groups are organized and actively recruiting, and that their tactics have escalated beyond harassment to planned, violent actions. Noem warned they are plotting ambushes and making explicit plans to kill law-enforcement personnel.

The secretary described a chilling incentive structure: specific officers and agents reportedly have monetary bounties placed on them — roughly $2,000 for kidnapping and $10,000 for killing. She added that perpetrators have shared officers’ photos within their networks, making the situation both targeted and extremely dangerous.

Because of these threats, Noem said protective details have been assigned to the individuals at risk and some operational changes have been made to safeguard officers. Those steps are intended to reduce vulnerability while investigations and countermeasures continue.

Noem stressed this is not merely the expression of disagreement or peaceful protest; instead, she said, the groups are actively soliciting violence, telling supporters, “Kill these people and we’ll give you this much money to do it.”