The Trump administration will have “zero tolerance” for those attacking federal officers or property after a local cop was shot near an ICE detention center in Texas, officials said Saturday.
The warning came after separate incidents at Department of Homeland Security facilities in Prairieland, Texas, just outside Dallas, and in Portland, Oregon.
A local officer responding to a report of a suspicious person with a gun was shot in Texas Friday night, while in Oregon, demonstrators clashed with federal officers at the Portland ICE facility after President Trump signed his “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law.
“We are closely monitoring the attacks on DHS detention facilities in Prairieland, TX, and Portland, OR, and are coordinating with the [US Attorney offices] and our law enforcement partners,” said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on X.
“The Department [of Justice] has zero tolerance for assaults on federal officers or property and will bring the full weight of the law against those responsible.”
In the Texas incident, several suspects were taken into custody after an Alvarado Police Department officer was shot while responding to a report of a suspicious person near the Prairieland Detention Facility and saw a person with a firearm, CBS News reported.
When police tried to approach the suspects, they opened fire on officers, with at least one bullet hitting the officer in the neck, police said.
The injured officer was flown from the scene to a Fort Worth hospital, was treated and later released, Alvarado cops said.
The suspects tried to flee the scene, but several armed suspects were taken into custody with the help of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and other authorities.
