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Taylor emphasizes that the political climate has fueled anti-ICE activism, resulting in a nearly 1,000% increase in assaults on ICE agents and facilities, as per Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data. One particularly alarming incident occurred in Washington state, where a small DHS field office was deliberately targeted with arson. The attacker successfully set a fire in the back of the building, producing billowing smoke, although ICE agents inside managed to escape unharmed. The individual also threw a rock through a window, damaging the structure further. Such acts of violence illustrate the dangerous environment ICE personnel now operate within, trying to fulfill their duties amid growing hostility.