DHS Issues Warning Over Drug Cartel Bounties On ICE Agents

Aguilar’s background further underscores long-standing failures in the immigration system. He entered the United States illegally in 2018 as an unaccompanied minor and was ordered removed by an immigration judge in February 2019. Yet, like countless others, he remained in the country and accumulated a criminal record before his eventual arrest.

Now, DHS officials are warning that similar threats — whether spread through social media or on the streets — will bring swift and severe consequences.

“This is not a game,” a DHS official said. “When you threaten the men and women who enforce our laws, we will find you.”