The Department of Justice under President Trump has formally filed what appear to be the first known charges related to Antifa as a terrorist organization.
In early July, Antifa gunmen were allegedly involved in a violent ambush outside a federal facility in Texas called the Prairieland Detention Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado, Texas.
'Antifa adherents have increasingly targeted agents.'
In a document citing the incident, the federal government provided more details about an alleged Antifa terror cell.
A "North Texas Antifa Cell" of at least 11 operatives who were "clad in black and donning masks" attacked the detention center on the Fourth of July, 2025, the DOJ wrote in court documents. The government alleged that some of the operatives we