Twins arrested for threatening to hang, torture Trump DHS spokeswoman

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the arrest of two New Jersey men Tuesday who allegedly threatened to torture and murder assistant secretary of Homeland Security for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin. Authorities charged Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores over posts on social media that declared their intentions to shoot United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on sight and to hang McLaughlin, according to a Tuesday 

 by DHS. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons vowed that threats against officials would not be tolerated. “Let this be a warning to anyone who dares threaten or attack our brave law enforcement officers,” Lyons said in the release. “We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. We are NOT afraid of you. The extreme rhetoric of the news media, sanctuary politicians, and activists is leading directly to our law enforcement officers facing an 8,000% increase in death threats against them. If you threaten our law enforcement or DHS officials, we will hunt you down and you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

McLaughlin has been a 

 of anti-ICE rhetoric in 

 media 

 while in her position as the top spokesperson for DHS. The Trump administration’s efforts to enforce immigration law have faced violent resistance at times. On Nov.29, rioters in New York City 

 an operation by ICE. ICE facilities in 

 and 

, have been the scene of multiple riots as opposition to the agency’s operations targeting illegal immigrants intensified. During ICE operations in Chicago, agents were reportedly 

 by multiple assailants who used cars to ram vehicles. DHS said in a Sept. 26 

 on X there had been multiple violent attacks on an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois. In 

, violent protesters reportedly 

 conservative 

 covering the riots at the ICE facility and also reportedly planned to 

 against aircraft used by federal law enforcement agencies. Two people were killed during a Sept. 24 

 targeting an ICE facility in the Dallas area, when a gunman, who committed suicide, opened fire at the facility. In Texas, there were at least two previous incidents when shots were fired at 

 or 

 facilities in July, with ten people being 

 with attempted murder and conspiracy in connection with the incident in Alvarado, Texas. McLaughlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.