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Simultaneously, law enforcement is tackling threats from Mexican drug cartels offering bounties—up to $50,000—for the assassination of high-ranking ICE officials and federal agents. Notably, authorities arrested an illegal immigrant accused of soliciting a murder-for-hire plot using social media to target Chief Border Patrol Agent Greg Bovino.
The department is also addressing violent rhetoric. Don Lemon, a fired CNN anchor turned podcaster, stirred controversy by urging minorities to arm themselves to resist immigration enforcement efforts. Lemon argued that the Second Amendment provides citizens the right to defend against "no papers" checks, igniting debates over constitutional rights versus law enforcement procedures.