Overview
- Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered Justice Department personnel to guard ICE facilities and to intervene wherever immigration officers come under siege.
- She instructed Joint Terrorism Task Forces to disrupt and investigate suspected domestic‑terror activity targeting federal agents and told prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges available.
- Bondi did not identify which DOJ components would be deployed, leaving questions about whether the FBI, DEA, ATF or U.S. Marshals will lead and under what authorities.
- The announcement came two days after a Dallas ICE shooting that left one detainee dead and two wounded; the suspected gunman died by self‑inflicted gunshot, with an “ANTI‑ICE” marking on an unused round reported by investigators.
- Officials cited a sharp rise in threats to immigration personnel, including DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s claim of a 1,000% increase, as the administration intensifies interior enforcement.