ICE officers in Illinois targeted by illegal immigrants who used ‘vehicles as weapons,’ officials say

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Two illegal immigrants were arrested in Illinois for allegedly weaponizing their vehicles in “deliberate attempts to ram and injure” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced.

The reported assaults in Norridge and Bensenville come as anti-ICE sentiment is surging in the Chicago metro area, with protests centered around an ICE facility in the suburb of Broadview.

“Thankfully none of our law enforcement was killed because of these deranged criminals’ attacks on law enforcement. This is exactly what happens when [Illinois] Governor Pritzker, [Chicago] Mayor Johnson, and other sanctuary politicians demonize ICE and encourage illegal aliens to resist law enforcement,” DHS Assistant