During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) condemned an attack on ICE officers that occurred in Alvarado, Texas on July 4th.
00:00Mr. President, I recognize the senator from Iowa.
00:04July 4th is supposed to be a day of celebration and patriotism.
00:10But earlier this month, left-wing domestic extremists tried to turn that day into a day of tragedy, a day of terrorism.
00:21On the evening of Independence Day, a group of Antifa terrorists carried out an ambush attack on Immigration Custom Enforcement Facility in Alvarado, Texas.
00:39They drew immigration agents outside by shooting fireworks at the building and vandalizing cars in the parking lot.
00:50Unarmed ICE officials came outside.
00:55They came outside thinking they were just dealing with hooligans and not realizing that there were snipers hiding in the trees.
01:07The gunmen opened fire, but thankfully, these left-wing terrorists weren't your typical Texas straight shooter.
01:17Though they fired 20 to 30 rounds, they failed to kill or critically injure any law enforcement officers.
01:28When a shooter's gun jammed, he didn't know how to clear it, so he dropped his weapon and fled the scene.
01:39The terrorists tried to hide in a nearby trailer park, endangering residents who were celebrating our nation's founding.
01:49Thankfully, the local police were able to detain these violent radicals without harm to any bystanders.
01:59This assault on the ICE facility is a direct result of inflammatory rhetoric aimed at our immigration enforcement officers.
02:12As you see every day on TV, left-wing street mobs constantly chant that ICE employees and ICE generally is a modern-day KKK.
02:29A Democrat congressman recently compared ICE agents to Nazis.
02:37I call on my colleagues both sides of the aisle to condemn these outrageous attacks and to condemn the left's hateful rhetoric towards the men and women who enforce our immigration laws.
