The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is continuing to call on Democrats to tone down the rhetoric against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as riots not only persisted in Los Angeles Sunday night, but agents continue to face threats of doxxing and violence.

The department has taken issue with not only California leaders but also House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. 

«The violent targeting of law enforcement in Los Angeles by lawless rioters is despicable and Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom must call for it to end,» DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a Saturday statement. «The men and women of ICE put their lives on the line to protect and defend the lives of American citizens.» 

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«Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, Tim Walz, and Mayor Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE,» McLaughlin stated. «From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi Gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale. This violence against ICE must end.» 
 
The department says there’s been a 413% increase in assaults against ICE agents, which comes as the riots in Los Angeles are centered against the presence of the agency in the city. 

Wu and Jeffries recently faced criticism for their comments on ICE agents masking while conducting sweeps to conceal their identity for safety reasons.

«Every single ICE agent who is engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that,» Jeffries said on Capitol Hill. 

«This is America. This is not the Soviet Union,» he added, saying identification is needed to comply with the law and have proper «transparency.» «We’re not behind the Iron Curtain. This is not the 1930s. And every single one of them, no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, will of course be identified.» 

Wu was slammed for comments where she drew a tie between ICE and neo-Nazi group Nationalist Social Club-131 for the masking decision, which DHS called «sickening,» according to the Boston Herald.

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In response to an online video of a Democratic state representative in Tennessee allegedly stalking ICE agents, the DHS said that «this Administration is not playing games with the lives and safety of our ICE officers.»  (Minh Connors/Anadolu via Getty Images and ICE)

«I don’t know of any police department that routinely wears masks,» Wu said. «We know that there are other groups that routinely wear masks. NSC-131 routinely wears masks.» 

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2024, also controversially drew a comparison to the Nazis in May. 

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«I’m gonna start with the flashing red light — Donald Trump’s modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets,» Walz claimed at a University of Minnesota law school commencement speech. «They’re in unmarked vans, wearing masks, being shipped off to foreign torture dungeons. No chance to mount a defense. Not even a chance to kiss a loved one goodbye. Just grabbed up by masked agents, shoved into those vans, and disappeared.» 

In California, the anti-ICE riots triggered an order from President Donald Trump to deploy to the National Guard, which Newsom is expected to take legal action against. Newsom repeatedly has said that the Trump administration has instigated the situation «to manufacture chaos and violence,» and has said that those who are committing «violent acts» will face legal repercussions and are playing into the president’s hands.

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National Guard are deployed around downtown Los Angeles, Jun. 8, 2025, following an immigration raid protest the night before.  (Eric Thayer/The Associated Press)

«Continued chaotic federal sweeps, across California, to meet an arbitrary arrest quota are as reckless as they are cruel,» Newsom stated Friday. «Donald Trump’s chaos is eroding trust, tearing families apart, and undermining the workers and industries that power America’s economy.»

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called on residents not to «engage in violence and chaos» and to not «give the administration what they want,» Sunday in an X post, but faced scrutiny for Friday comments saying that «these tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city.»

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When Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom’s office about DHS’ comments, they sent a link to a post in which Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons credited Newsom for complying with ICE detainers for those already behind bars.

Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Wu, Bass, Walz and Jeffries and did not receive replies. 

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La presidenta del PP de Madrid y del Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, durante la manifestación convocada por el Partido Popular contra el Gobierno de Pedro Sánchez. Foto EFE

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Iran’s refusal to play ball with the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog, which is charged with monitoring all nations’ nuclear programs, has meant the body cannot verify whether Tehran’s program is «entirely peaceful» despite the regime’s claims.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, on Monday issued a warning statement that the agency has not only long been barred access to old and new nuclear sites, but that Iran has scrubbed locations in an apparent move to cover up its activities.

In 2020, the IAEA found man-made particles of enriched uranium at three sites, including Varamin, Marivan and Turquzabad. The locations were previously utilized in Iran’s nuclear program and gave the agency credence to believe Tehran had once again turned to deadly nuclear ambitions. 

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«Since then, we have been seeking explanations and clarifications from Iran for the presence of these uranium particles, including through a number of high-level meetings and consultations in which I have been personally involved,» Grossi said. «Unfortunately, Iran has repeatedly either not answered, or not provided technically credible answers to, the Agency’s questions. 

«It has also sought to sanitize the locations, which has impeded Agency verification activities,» he added. 

Grossi, who confirmed during an April trip to Washington, D.C. that the IAEA has not been involved in nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, said on Monday that he has been working «closely and intensively» with both parties in «support of their bilateral negotiation[s].»

The warning comes after the IAEA in a report late last month, also confirmed that Iran had drastically increased its stockpile of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium by nearly 35% in three months. 

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This photo released on Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran.  (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

In February, the IAEA assessed that Tehran possessed 274.8 kilograms (605.8 pounds) worth of uranium enriched to 60%, but on May 17th it found Iran now has some 408.6 kilograms (900.8 pounds) – meaning the regime is just a technical step away from being able to make up to 10 nuclear warheads. 

Last week, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came out in strong opposition to a U.S. proposal submitted to Tehran to end its nuclear program, though it remains unclear what details were included in the document, including on enrichment capabilities, and on Sunday, Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf claimed the proposal didn’t include any sanction relief.

The White House has remained tight-lipped about what was included in the document, though according to some reporting, President Donald Trump gave Iran until June 11 to reach a deal with the U.S., though Fox News Digital could not independently verify these claims. 

On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed that «The U.S. proposal is not acceptable to us. It was not the result of previous rounds of negotiations.»

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on May 26, 2025.  An interim nuclear agreement between Iran and the United States is not on Iran’s agenda, Baghaei said. (Shadati/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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«We will present our own proposal to the other side via Oman after it is finalized. This proposal is reasonable, logical, and balanced,» Baghaei reportedly said.

Some reporting has also suggested Iran might submit their proposal as soon as June 10, though the Iranian UN mission in the U.S. would not comment on or confirm these claims.