Two New Jersey brothers were arrested Tuesday on charges tied to terroristic threats against DHS chief Kristi Noem’s top public-facing deputy, including alleged vows to "shoot ICE agents on sight." One brother also faces unlawful weapons-possession charges.
The harrowing allegations come amid a reported 8,000% increase in death threats against Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel. The alleged targeting of Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin presented a new danger for those working to realize President Donald Trump’s mass deportation of the "worst of the worst" illegal immigrant criminals.
Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores, twins from Absecon, New Jersey, next to Atlantic City; were arrested after allegedly posting to X that they wanted to torture and kill McLaughlin in a medieval fashion.
"[The Second] Amendment is in place for moments like this. Shoot ICE on sight," one of the brothers allegedly tweeted in a partially redacted response to a McLaughlin message:
"We Americans should find you, tar you, feather you, and hang you as we did to anyone serving tyrants before the Revolutionary War."
A second partially redacted tweet, reportedly from the other brother, read: "Shoot ICE on sight."
McLaughlin has been front-and-center on broadcast media throughout DHS’ immigration enforcement missions.
Seen as Noem’s top representative in the press, McLaughlin has not been shy about defending her agency, recently lambasting those like the Absecon brothers who allegedly threaten ICE agents as "despicable" and repeating that attacks on federal officers are a direct result of violent rhetoric from Democrats and the political left.
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