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Details on thousands of suspected ICE agents and Border Patrol employees The news leaked online after Renee Good was shot and killed in Minneapolis.
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower shared the identities of about 4,500 federal agents with an ICE listing website, according to a report.
Dominick Skinner, the creator of ICE List, said the data set includes information on about 2,000 agents and 150 supervisors. Early analysis by the volunteer-led organization shows that about 80% of those identified are still employed by the Department of Homeland Security.
“It’s a clear indication of dissatisfaction within the U.S. government. The shooting was the final straw for a lot of people,” Skinner told The Daily Beast.
In addition to information about agents and leadership personnel, the website also provides information The incidents include deportations, deaths in custody and other “ill-treatment”.
Site users can contribute to an online library with images, descriptions and previous content Work experience of persons listed. The database is also broken down by state.
Monday’s alleged leak of ICE lists is believed to be the largest breach of department staff data ever.
In addition to the agents, other high-profile names on the list include Laura Loomer, Fox News host Jesse Watters and Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin, who has been described as an “ICE propagandist.”
in a statement The Independent, McLaughlin said the alleged leak “would constitute 4,500 felony counts.”
“The disgusting doxing of our officers puts their lives and families at serious risk,” the statement read. “Our law enforcement officers are on the front lines arresting terrorists, gang members, murderers, pedophiles and rapists.
“Now, they are constantly threatened by violent agitators due to the malicious rhetoric of sanctuary politicians.”
McLaughlin added that law enforcement is currently facing a 1,300% increase in attacks against them, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks and an 8,000% increase in death threats.
“Their families are being threatened. We will not back down. Anyone doxxing our officers will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” she said.
Protests erupted across the country, sparking public outrage after the death of Renee Nicole Good, 37, who was shot three times through the windshield of a car by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
Skinner said there has also been a “surge” in individual reports from the public about DHS personnel since Goode’s shooting.
“I’ve seen hotel staff send Post-it notes, bar staff send Homeland Security IDs, and a lot of people saying their neighbor is an agent,” he told us beast.
Prior to the alleged leak, the ICE list contained details of only about 2,000 immigration workers with unpublished names. The database currently holds information on approximately 6,500 individuals.
The website is hosted in the Netherlands, where Skinner lives, so the U.S. government cannot shut it down.
Skinner said the ICE list will release “most” of the names from the leaks that the program can verify because “ICE and CBP clearly need reform, and I think working for either of them is a bad move on an ethical level.”
“We will make exceptions on a case-by-case basis, and the best example would be those working in child care and nurses within facilities,” he told us. beast.
“There will be more exceptions, but once the team flags a position as one that we need to think twice about, we will discuss it.”