The leftists strike again, shooting up an ICE facility while the media narrative of the “dangerous right-wing Christian conservative” slips further from reality.
On September 24, a gunman opened fire from a rooftop on the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office, killing one detainee and critically wounding two others before taking his own life.
The shooter, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, left behind an unused bullet inscribed with “ANTI-ICE,” pointing clearly to an ideological motive.
This was not the first threat against the Dallas facility. Just last month, Bratton Dean Wilkinson was arrested after claiming to have a bomb in his backpack and showing what he called a detonator.
He was charged with making terroristic threats. The Dallas shooting also marked the third attack on a Department of Homeland Security facility in Texas this year.
The attack followed the September 10 assassination of outspoken Christian Charlie Kirk, another act linked to left-wing extremism.
President Trump and administration officials squarely blamed “Radical Left Democrats” for inciting anti-ICE hatred.
Trump recently designated Antifa a terrorist organization and vowed to issue an executive order to dismantle domestic terrorism networks.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the attack targeted ICE, while FBI officials described it as “targeted violence.”
Noem condemned the shooting, calling it “a vile attack motivated by hatred for ICE,” and said her prayers were with the victims’ families and the men and women of the agency.
She blamed anti-ICE rhetoric in politics and the media for fueling violence, stressing that DHS had warned for months that such language could lead to bloodshed. “This shooting must serve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences,” she said.
Noem pointed to repeated comparisons of ICE officers to the Nazi Gestapo, secret police, and slave patrols, warning that such language endangers lives.
She emphasized that ICE agents are “fathers and mothers, sons and daughters” who work daily to keep communities safe and, like anyone else, want to return home to their families. She concluded that the violence and dehumanization of officers who are simply enforcing the law must end.
Much of the anti-ICE rhetoric is fueled by mainstream media, which have called ICE “Gestapo” and often frame deportation arrests as mistakes even when the facts prove they were justified.
Some outlets have even claimed that deportees are U.S. citizens, which is categorically false.
This hatred is then amplified on TikTok and other social media platforms, where open calls to violence are allowed to remain, while statements like “there are only two genders” can get someone banned for so-called “microaggressions,” “word violence,” or some other made-up term.
A new report from Narravance, Escalating Anti-ICE Rhetoric and Real-World Threat Convergence, warns that this online propaganda is increasingly translating into real-world violence against federal law enforcement.
The analysis found a 700% spike in assaults on officers and a rise in ambush-style attacks on ICE facilities since early 2025.
The report highlights activist websites that publish ICE agents’ personal data, sometimes using facial recognition tools, and viral TikTok trends like #CuteWinterBoots that disguise calls for flash mob-style disruptions at ICE locations.
It cites the violent protests in Los Angeles and the July 4 ambush on a Texas detention center, where 10 armed suspects attacked and wounded an officer, as examples of digital activism escalating into physical violence.
Narravance concludes that online outrage is now a frequent precursor to physical attacks on ICE. TikTok has become a major platform for this incitement, with users openly posting instructions to kill agents.
One user, belal_donq, uploaded a video urging followers to “shoot at ICE agents on sight,” claiming they arrived in masks and unmarked vehicles and insisting, “You have every right to shoot at them” and “You might as well shoot them on sight and have your day in court.” The video was only taken down after Fox News contacted the user.
Coordinated messaging campaigns have also appeared across TikTok, with large creators releasing nearly identical anti-ICE scripts such as, “Being undocumented is like jaywalking,” while pressuring others by saying, “If influencers don’t speak up… you’re a bad person.” Some campaigns, like the #CuteWinterBoots trend, disguised calls for flash mob-style disruptions around ICE facilities as fashion content.
Beyond TikTok, activist-run websites have been doxing Ice agents, publishing their personal data, sometimes enhanced with facial recognition tools and crowd-sourced imagery. A Colombian influencer, Tatiana Martinez, became notorious for doxxing ICE agents’ live locations on her TikTok account before being arrested by ICE during a livestream.
Townhall reports that left-wing groups are paying social media influencers to spread coordinated anti-ICE propaganda, particularly targeting young audiences.
Some influencers were even offered money to join protests like the “No Kings” demonstrations, where they pushed messages portraying undocumented immigration as harmless while vilifying ICE. Many posts used identical scripts, pointing to centralized coordination.
Links have been found between these social media campaigns, violent protests, and NGOs. Organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU, the American Humanist Association, and Activate America have all played a role in perpetuating this violence.
Senator Josh Hawley has launched an investigation, demanding records from the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights to uncover funding and planning behind the demonstrations.
He warned of potential criminal referrals if the groups fail to comply, emphasizing that the unrest appeared organized rather than spontaneous.
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