Democratic Lawmaker Threatens ICE Officers — And It’s Not The First Time

Democratic Rhode Island State Rep. Enrique Sanchez issued a threat to ICE officers on Thursday, saying, “Your day of reckoning will come motherf*ckers. I swear to God.” 

Sanchez added, “Fighting and dealing with ICE since last year f*cked me up in the head after trying to protect and defend hundreds and hundreds of our community members in Providence and across Rhode Island.”

Fighting and dealing with ICE since last year has fucked me up in the head after trying to protect and defend hundreds and hundreds of our community members in Providence and across Rhode Island.

Your day of reckoning will come motherfuckers. I swear to god.

— State Representative Enrique Sanchez (@EnriqueForRI) July 23, 2026

The Daily Wire reviewed his social media account and found Sanchez has a history of threats against ICE officers. After Renee Good was shot and killed by ICE, with the officer saying she weaponized her vehicle, Sanchez said, “RIP to the woman murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the hand of the ICE Nazi thugs… These bastards will pay for this.” 

RIP to the woman murdered in Minneapolis Minnesota at the hand of the ICE Nazi thugs. My deepest condolences to the family. These bastards will pay for this. pic.twitter.com/F2fmOX01je

— State Representative Enrique Sanchez (@EnriqueForRI) January 7, 2026

In July of last year, Sanchez wrote, “The Nazi Gestapo ICE thugs are patrolling and intimidating community residents.” He added later that, “It will be soon the day that I confront these Nazi ICE thugs in person for terrorizing our communities. It will be a day of reckoning and no going back.” He then said he hopes “the people of Providence and Rhode Island have our back.” 

Sanchez has said he’s willing to be politically prosecuted and arrested by federal authorities “if ICE performs raids and arrests residents in Rhode Island.” He claims ICE will “have to go through me first” and that he’s “ready to go down if it means protecting our most vulnerable communities.” He’s also been involved in organizing protests against federal officials, saying in both English and in Spanish, “it’s time to organize a massive anti-ICE protest here in Rhode Island like the one in LA.” 

This year, the Department of Homeland Security revealed ICE officers face an 8,000% increase in death threats against both them and their families, and a 1,300% increase in assaults against them. 

Sanchez’s latest threat comes after an anti-ICE activist lit an incendiary device at the entrance of New York City’s largest immigration court. Two were reported injured, with one being an immigrant entering the building to attend a hearing.

DHS shared a transcript of a voicemail to one agent that said, “I hate you. Everyone hates you. You’re a f*cking murderer. I hope you get hit by a bus. I hope you’re paralyzed, and your wife leaves you, and starts getting f*cked by BBCs every day.” 

In a response to a media request from the Blaze last July about his previous comments, Sanchez declined to condemn violence against ICE officers.

Clarify what comments? Tf ???? ????
Also, can this administration condemn the actions and violence that ICE thugs impose on individuals seeking a better life? pic.twitter.com/p8qsjTFzHM

— State Representative Enrique Sanchez (@EnriqueForRI) July 31, 2025

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt previously said, “They are simply trying to enforce the law and the Democrat Party has demeaned these individuals; they have even referred to them as Nazis and as the Gestapo.” She added it is that very rhetoric that is “absolutely leading to the violence we are seeing in the streets.”