Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that a leftist has been arrested in Texas for making “alarming” threats against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
According to a statement from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Dallas, Robert King allegedly made terroristic threats in social media posts.
One post noted his intentions to “open fire” if agents are seen in his neighborhood, according to the statement.
The alleged posts included comments relating to Noem and others, claiming that ICE agents are not “real cops” and have “no real authority.”
HSI Dallas shared a photo Wednesday of King standing in handcuffs alongside several federal agents in McKinney.
Following the arrest, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said in a statement:
“Like Secretary Noem said: If you threaten or attempt to harm a law enforcement officer, we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
“Promises made, promises kept.”
The arrest comes after more than 40 people were taken into custody in Texas as part of a Tren De Aragua (TdA) gang investigation.
The FBI, ICE, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD), the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and several other federal, state, and local partners spent a year investigating members and associates believed to be part of the violent Venezuelan gang.
Early Tuesday morning, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and DPS obtained a search warrant for a home in Hays County.
The warrant was executed by DPS’s Special Response Team, working with the FBI, ICE, HSI, and Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).
More than 40 people, including minors, were taken into custody at or near the home.
Narcotics were also seized, according to HSI San Antonio.
An ICE spokesperson told Fox News 47 that illegal aliens were apprehended.
Of those 47 people, 25 were adult men, nine were single adult women, four were adult mothers, and nine were non-citizen children, according to ICE.
The suspects were all taken to the Austin Resident Office for processing.
“Everyone whom ICE arrested was found to be illegally present in the U.S. and taken into ICE custody pending immigration proceedings,” according to the spokesperson.
On February 20, the State Department designated TdA as a foreign terrorist organization
The bloodthirsty gang has thousands of members who are reportedly undertaking hostile actions against the U.S. in multiple states.
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was enacted by President Donald Trump to make it easier to detain and deport TdA members.
The move allows the deportation of natives and citizens of an enemy nation without a hearing.
The act has previously only been invoked during wartime.
