A savage attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has led to the arrest of a “violent agitator,” as described by the Department of Homeland Security.
Photos posted by DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin revealed a bleeding bite mark left on the forearm of the agent, who was allegedly assaulted during rioting at an ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey.
“Anyone who assaults a law enforcement officer will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Mullin stated in a social media post Friday.
Mullin wrote: “Last night, a violent rioter savagely kicked and bit ICE law enforcement officers outside of Delaney Hall. Today, this violent agitator is being charged.”
Anti-ICE protesters claim detainees at the facility are held under improper conditions and have initiated hunger strikes.
Mullin has denied these allegations, asserting that the hunger strike stems from demands by detainees to be fed food from their respective ethnic origins.
