Sen. Blackburn Seeks to Protect ICE Agents From Doxxing

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced legislation this week to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from doxxing in light of recent threats made by several high-ranking Democrat leaders.

"Today, I'm introducing the Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxxing Act, which will make it illegal to dox federal law enforcement officials. Violence against ICE agents is up 413%, making this bill more necessary than ever before," Blackburn announced on X.

"Doxxing a federal law enforcement agent should be a crime. At a time when violence against these men and women is higher than ever, we cannot let radical, left-wing politicians get away with releasing this information for criminal gangs to see," she added.

In May, Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell publicly condemned the efforts of ICE agents when they arrested more than 200 illegal immigrants during traffic stops in coordination with the state's highway patrol.

"This type of federal enforcement action is not focused on making us safer and leaves people in our community fearing any interaction with law enforcement when there is a crime occurring. We will be seeking the names of those detained," O'Connell's office said in response to the arrests.

O'Connell isn't the only Democrat to publicly declare their lack of concern for ICE agents and their families. Earlier in the week, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., threatened to expose the identities of ICE agents and said Democrats should do "whatever it takes" to unmask those rounding up illegal immigrants.

"Every single ICE agent who is engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that," Jeffries said, adding, "This is America, this is not the Soviet Union."

On Thursday, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons defended the use of masks worn by his agents while conducting raids, saying, "People are out there taking photos of the [officers'] names, their faces, and posting them online with death threats to their family and themselves."

Lyons added, "So I'm sorry if people are offended by them wearing masks, but I'm not going to let my officers and agents go out there and put their lives on the line, their family on the line because people don't like what immigration enforcement is."