Hinson calls for tougher penalties for those who attack ICE agents

WASHINGTON — North-central Iowa congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she’s sponsoring a bill that would hold accountable criminals who attack Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

She says there’s been a 700% increase in assaults against ICE agents and she wants the federal penalty for those attacks to double.   “Instead of standing with law enforcement, the radical left continues to side with dangerous illegal aliens, and even ones that strip ICE agents of the gear that helps to keep them safe. They’ve also referred to ICE as a terrorist force, and that’s absolutely unacceptable, I’ve had enough. These agents are real people. They have families they come home to every night. This is the fight between common sense and crazy, Americans first versus illegal aliens first.”

Hinson says anyone who assaults an ICE agent must face the harshest possible punishment.  “That’s why I’m fighting to double the federal penalty for attacks on ICE agents. My new bill, the Protect and Respect ICE Act, provides the necessary deterrents to guard our law enforcement as they carry out President Trump’s law and order agenda. We will never back down in defending our law enforcement in doing their jobs, we will never tolerate unhinged assaults on ICE, and we will not stop until these dangerous illegal aliens are deported and our communities are safe. I will stand with law enforcement always.”

Hinson represents the Second District of Iowa, which includes Cerro Gordo, Worth, Floyd, Mitchell and Butler counties in our immediate listening area.