EXCLUSIVE: DHS Slams Democrats for ‘Vile Attacks’ on Law Enforcement  

President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security slammed Democrats for “vile attacks” against U.S. law enforcement following a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

“In yesterday’s hearing, Democrats doubled down on their vile attacks on our law enforcement, comparing them to Nazis and the secret police and calling them thugs,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement first provided to The Daily Signal.

During the House Homeland Security hearing, which was focused on oversight of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations, multiple Democrats criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., referred to ICE agents as “thugs”; Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-N.Y., referred to ICE tactics as “outright fascist”; Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., accused acting ICE Director Todd Lyons of having “blood” on his hands and asked him if he believes he is “going to hell”; and Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., called DHS a “weapon,” arguing the entire department should be “dismantled.”

“While they were demonizing our law enforcement, our officers were risking their lives arresting criminal illegal aliens, including multiple child rapists, kidnappers, and violent assailants,” McLaughlin said.

On Tuesday, ICE arrested Gustavo Moronatti-Campos, an alleged registered sex offender from Mexico living in the U.S. illegally, according to DHS. ICE also arrested Mexican national Daniel Cardona-Soriano, who has a criminal record that includes a conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child in Texas.

Daniel Cardona-Soriano and Gustavo Moronatti-Campos. (DHS)

Jairo Miguel Moran-Gonzalez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, was convicted of kidnapping in Los Angeles, and Alexis Hernandez-Cedillos, also from El Salvador, was convicted of robbery in New York City.

Honduran national Rene Matamoro-Robles’s criminal record includes a conviction for assault with a deadly weapon in Los Angeles. ICE took all three men into custody on Tuesday.

Alexis Hernandez-Cedillos, Rene Matamoro-Robles, and Jairo Miguel Moran-Gonzalez. (DHS)

McLaughlin says the anti-ICE rhetoric from Democrats “is inciting violent attacks” against agents.

“Our officers are experiencing a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats as they arrest murderers, pedophiles, rapists, gang members, and terrorists,” she said.

In addition to Lyons, Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Rodney Scott, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, testified before the House committee Tuesday.

On Thursday, the three immigration officials will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.

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