DHS said that an unidentified woman tried to purchase a gun “on two separate occasions” in order to “to protect herself from ICE Agents, and also to kill ICE Agents.” The investigation comes after a significant increase in violence against federal officers in illegal immigration enforcement operations in recent months, including on Saturday, when a protester bit off part of the finger of an ICE agent in Minneapolis who was working on crowd control duties.
The investigation is being conducted by ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, and the New York State Police, with the agencies focused on the “purchase attempts which occurred in Kenmore, New York,” according to DHS.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin spoke to the Washington Examiner about the incident and suggested that the
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