Patriot Brief

• Philadelphia’s sheriff publicly labeled ICE agents “fake law enforcement” and threatened arrests.

• Political rhetoric escalated despite video evidence contradicting claims about the Minneapolis shooting.

• Attacks and threats against ICE agents have surged dramatically amid sustained political hostility.

There’s a difference between criticizing law enforcement and actively undermining it. Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal didn’t just cross that line — she erased it entirely.

Standing at a podium, Bilal dismissed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as “fake law enforcement” and threatened them with arrest if they operate in her city. That isn’t accountability. It’s a public official using her office to delegitimize federal authority, and it carries consequences whether she acknowledges them or not.

This outburst followed the fatal Minneapolis shooting of Renee Good, an incident already under intense scrutiny. But scrutiny does not permit fabrication. Video from the scene shows Good reversing her vehicle, then accelerating toward an agent after her wife shouted for her to drive. Those facts matter. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reviewed the footage and stated the agent acted in self-defense. Bilal ignored that entirely.

Instead, she praised Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and promised cooperation in prosecuting ICE agents, effectively announcing that federal officers are presumed criminals in her jurisdiction. That isn’t bravery. It’s provocation.

Words like these don’t exist in isolation. The Department of Homeland Security reports assaults against ICE agents up 1,300%, vehicle attacks up 3,200%, and death threats up 8,000%. Those numbers rise in an atmosphere where elected officials repeatedly tell the public that agents are illegitimate, immoral, or outside the law.

No one is required to support ICE policy. But when a sheriff publicly signals that federal agents can be hunted, arrested, or harassed with political cover, she isn’t protecting communities — she’s inflaming them. That isn’t leadership. It’s reckless posturing dressed up as moral outrage, and it puts lives at risk while pretending to defend justice.

From Daily Caller:

Democratic Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents “fake law enforcement” and threatened them with arrest, during a Thursday news conference.

An ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good on Wednesday while carrying out an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, prompting even more increased hostility toward the agency among many on the political left. Bilal praised Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner of Philadelphia, who vowed to prosecute ICE agents who allegedly committed crimes in his jurisdiction in the wake of the Minneapolis shooting.

“Let note that law enforcement professionals, real ones, not the fake made up ICE, probably Trump’s new army to attack citizens of the United States. Did you hear what I said? No law enforcement professional wears a mask. None! None!” Bilal claimed during a three-minute rant. “Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime, I thank God for our District Attorney, Larry Krasner, who said he’s going to lock them up, and I’m saying now, we are not going to whisk you away for them to hide your identity, because when you do it there, you’re getting arrested there. No whisk away for them to hide you. None of that here. None of that here.”

“Law enforcement professionals do not shoot at moving vehicles. Not saying fleeing, because she [Good] wasn’t fleeing. She was getting out of the way. Law enforcement professionals do not stand in front of moving vehicles invoking an action that is illegal. No, we don’t,” Bilal continued. “And so we stand here today with all those who stand against the made up, fake, what you can call ICE, professional law enforcement — I don’t call them none of that. I call them made up, fake, wannabe law enforcement. Because what they do is against not only legal law, but the moral law.”

Video taken on a cell phone by the ICE agent who fired the fatal shots showed Good appearing to back up her car and looking right at the agent before she accelerated towards him after her wife shouted, “Drive, baby drive!” as other ICE agents attempted to detain her. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem told Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” Sunday that she had seen videos of the incident before a Wednesday press conference where she declared the agent acted in self-defense.

“I’m with the DA [Krasner], and we will work with him. If any of them [ICE Agents] want to come in this city and commit a crime, you will not be able to hide. Nobody will whisk you off,” Bilal said. “You don’t want this smoke, because we will bring it to you. And the fake, whatever they call them, because I can’t say the name, but the criminal in the White House would not be able to keep you from going to jail.”

In 2025, assaults against ICE agents have climbed by 1,300%, while attacks using motor vehicles are up 3,200% and death threats against ICE agents are up 8,000%, according to a Thursday release by the Department of Homeland Security.

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