City of Alvarado Police said that an officer was shot in the neck and is receiving treatment after responding to an attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Prairieland, Texas, on Friday evening.
Newsweek reached out by email to the City of Alvarado Police Department and outside of normal business hours on Sunday morning. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) declined to comment.
Why It Matters
The Trump administration has highlighted attacks and violence against federal personnel and buildings as it ramps up its mass deportation operations. Protests against mass deportation operations have, at times, turned violent, such as during the Los Angeles anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests in June. In response, President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard and U.S. Marines to the city, which local elected officials objected with.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday that the department is monitoring attacks on detention facilities in Prairieland and Portland, Oregon…