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Cartels Offer Bounties on Immigration Agents, Noem Warns

10/6/2025

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Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, says cartels, gangs, and terror groups offer bounties on immigration agents—$10,000 for killings and $2,000 for kidnappings.
She calls it unprecedented and dangerous, as Trump authorized 300 National Guard troops in Illinois.
Noem cites Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement sniper attack and a Chicago ambush, saying extremists may be funded by foreign terrorist organizations.

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Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, says cartels, gangs, and terror groups offer bounties on immigration agents—$10,000 for killings and $2,000 for kidnappings.
She calls it unprecedented and dangerous, as Trump authorized 300 National Guard troops in Illinois.
Noem cites Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement sniper attack and a Chicago ambush, saying extremists may be funded by foreign terrorist organizations.