Wave of car attacks on ICE agents follows incendiary rhetoric from target-city leaders

A surge in car-rammings and other assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during targeted operations in California, Illinois and North Carolina has coincided with sharp criticism from local and state leaders against federal officers.Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security reported a 1,300% increase in vehicular attacks on ICE since President Donald Trump took office, and a 58% spike against CBP officers in that same time period.There were only two vehicular rammings of ICE agents – in particular – during former President Joe Biden’s final year in office. His