This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Leftist politicians and their supporting media corporations have been unleashing inflammatory rhetoric about President Donald Trump's agenda for border security and the deportation of illegal alien criminals since before he took office.
And leftist violence against those enforcing the nation's laws, the officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been surging.
Now it's left two detainees dead, the victims of a sniper who was firing indiscriminately at an ICE facility in Dallas.
Reports have identified the shooting suspect at Joshua Jahn, 29, who was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound near the scene of Wednesday's shooting.
Authorities reported one of the bullet casings left behind in the attack was inscribed "anti-ICE."
"The shooter fired indiscriminately at the ICE building, including at a van in the sallyport where the victims were shot," a statement from the Department of Homeland Security explained.
Another detainee was injured.
Reports revealed Jahn had a record, for a felony marijuana case in Texas in 2016, for which he pleaded guilty and served probation.
No law enforcement officers were injured.
The same location had been hit with a bomb threat in August, and other shootings happened at ICE operations in Alvaredo on July 4 and a Border Patrol location in McAllen days later.
"This vile attack was motivated by hatred for ICE," charged Kristi Noem, Homeland Security secretary. "For months, we've been warning politicians and the media to tone down their rhetoric about ICE law enforcement before someone was killed.
"This shooting must serve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences," Noem said.
In fact, on Rumble was posted a video of leftist California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasting ICE just hours earlier:
The FBI confirmed, "This morning just before 7am local time, an individual fired multiple rounds at a Dallas, Texas ICE facility, killing one, wounding several others, before taking his own life. FBI, DHS, ATF are on the ground with Dallas PD and state authorities. While the investigation is ongoing, an initial review of the evidence shows an idealogical motive behind this attack (see photo below). One of the unspent shell casings recovered was engraved with the phrase "ANTI ICE." More updates will be forthcoming. These despicable, politically motivated attacks against law enforcement are not a one-off. We are only miles from Prarieland, Texas where just two months ago an individual ambushed a separate ICE facility targeting their officers. It has to end and the FBI and our partners will lead these investigative efforts to see to it that those who target our law enforcement are pursued and brought to the fullest extent of justice. Thankfully, no law enforcement personnel were injured. Please pray for the injured and deceased."
Fox reported Jahn fired "indiscriminately" at the ICE facility and van parked adjacent.
Dallas police statements suggested that Jahn may have been living in Durant, Oklahoma, prior to his death.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said his state supports border security and deportation efforts and the shooting "will NOT slow our arrest, detention, & deportation of illegal immigrants. We will work with ICE & the Dallas Police Department to get to the bottom of the assassin's motive."
Noem chided those in leftist campaigns who demonize immigration authorities.
"Comparing ICE day in and day out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences," she added. "The men and women of ICE are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, they just want to go home to their families at night."
Newsom's state actually launched a campaign to ban ICE agents from wearing masks to conceal their identities – to prevent attacks on their families.
Federal authorities said since state officials have no authority over federal officers, Newsom's campaign means little.
Activist Laura Loomer confirmed, "I did a background check on Joshua Jahn, the ICE shooter in Dallas, Texas. Joshua Jahn's profile picture from his now-wiped Facebook page per the background check results reveals ANTIFA and communist imagery. The profile photo is of an armed communist with the hammer and sickle. The text reads GLORIOUS EXPOSITION, COMRADE. He also has a previous conviction for selling Marijuana. Proof this was Leftist political violence against ICE officers.":
The link between leftists advocating for actions against ICE and the shooting, however, was noted over and over.
