Whereas the mission of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is to protect the United States through criminal investigations and by enforcing immigration laws to preserve national security and public safety;

Whereas the mission of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is to protect United States citizens, safeguard our borders, and enhance the Nation’s economic prosperity;

Whereas both agencies play critical roles in detecting and disrupting terrorist threats, combating transnational crime, and securing the homeland;

Whereas, on July 4, 2025, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Prairieland detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, was violently attacked by approximately a dozen assailants who fired dozens of rounds and fireworks at the facility, leaving 1 law enforcement officer with a gunshot wound to the neck;

Whereas, on July 7, 2025, the U.S. Border Patrol Rio Grande Valley sector annex in McAllen, Texas, was attacked by an individual who shot at Border Patrol agents and other personnel, resulting in 1 McAllen police officer and 2 Border Patrol personnel sustaining injuries;

Whereas, on July 15, 2025, an illegal alien in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, attempted to flee the scene after being pulled over by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, injuring a Federal officer who was trapped in the door of the vehicle and subsequently dragged down the road;

Whereas, on August 20, 2025, a group of rioters assaulted, grabbed, punched, and pepper sprayed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel in San Francisco, California, with 1 assailant slashing the tire of a government vehicle and threatening to stab a law enforcement officer;

Whereas, on August 25, 2025, an individual walked to the entrance of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, Texas, and told officials he had a bomb in his backpack, showing what he claimed to be a detonator;

Whereas, on September 24, 2025, a sniper opened fire on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas, Texas, shooting indiscriminately at law enforcement and detainees, ultimately striking 3 detainees, 2 of whom were killed and 1 critically injured;

Whereas, on September 27, 2025, 4 individuals assaulted Federal officers working outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chicago, Illinois, where 2 of these individuals possessed loaded firearms, and another threatened to kill a Federal agent;

Whereas, on October 4, 2025, U.S. Border Patrol agents were ambushed in Chicago, Illinois, by assailants who rammed their vehicle into the agents and 1 of the attackers, who has a history of doxxing Federal agents, was armed with a semiautomatic rifle;

Whereas, on November 8, 2025, U.S. Border Patrol agents in Chicago, Illinois, were boxed in by a hostile crowd and took on gunfire and afterward bricks and a paint can were thrown from roofs, damaging Border Patrol vehicles and threatening the physical safety of officers and agents;

Whereas, throughout the country, several Federal agents and officers engaged in immigration law enforcement activities have been forcibly attacked, assaulted, and injured by assailants, including transnational gang members; and

Whereas according to the Department of Homeland Security, there has been a 1,000-percent increase in assaults on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel and an 8,000-percent increase in death threats against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement law enforcement officers: Now, therefore, be it