A 29-year-old man named Joshua Jahn opened fire on the Sally Port of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility just off Interstate 35E near Dallas-Love Field on Wednesday, killing at least one migrant and injuring several others before taking his own life. Authorities confirmed the incident was an act of targeted violence, with evidence by a left-wing extremist, indicating an ideological motive, including anti-ICE messages carved onto ammunition recovered near the shooter's body.
The shooting occurred just after 7 a.m. Central Time at the ICE facility in Dallas. The suspect fired from an elevated position, reportedly the roof of a nearby immigration attorney’s office, targeting a transport van carrying ICE detainees. The gunman was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the roof.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Joe Rothrock confirmed the investigation is treating the event as an act of targeted violence and revealed that early evidence from bullets found near the shooter contained anti-ICE messages. FBI Director Kash Patel released a photo of the ammunition showing the "Anti-ICE" inscription, stating the attack was politically motivated. Department of Homeland Security(DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed multiple fatalities and injuries, emphasizing the unprecedented violence faced by ICE law enforcement.
The Dallas ICE facility and others around the country have been a target of left-wing riots by anti-ICE groups in recent months, including a bomb threat in August and a separate armed attack on July 4. Texas leaders, including Attorney General Ken Paxton and Vice President JD Vance, condemned the violence as a targeted attack on law enforcement.
Wednesday's shooting happened only miles from Prarieland, Texas, where just two months ago an individual ambushed a separate ICE facility targeting officers. In total, 16 people have been charged in the ambush-style shooting of an Alvarado police officer who was responding to reports of vandalism at the facility.
"These despicable, politically motivated attacks against law enforcement are not a one-off," Patel wrote. "It has to end, and the FBI and our partners will lead these investigative efforts to ensure that those who target our law enforcement are pursued and brought to the fullest extent of justice," he added.
Paxton said Wednesday's attack targeted law enforcement. "The attack on ICE in Dallas is yet another despicable assault on law and order," he said. "The epidemic of leftist political violence must end. Democrats have fostered an environment of evil, emboldening radicals to kill, steal, and destroy. But we will never surrender."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said his state supports immigration enforcement officers and that the shooter's actions "will NOT slow our arrest, detention, & deportation of illegal immigrants. We will work with ICE & the Dallas Police Department to get to the bottom of the assassin’s motive."
JD Vance called for an end to "obsessive attacks" on law enforcement, particularly ICE.
"These horrendous killings must serve as a wake-up call to the far left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences," Secretary Noem wrote on X, while chiding elected officials who demonize immigration authorities. "Comparing ICE day in and day out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences," she added. "The men and women of ICE are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, they just want to go home to their families at night."
Critics on X slam left-wing activists, media talking heads and politicians like far-left California Governor Gavin Newsom, Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett, for their dangerous rhetoric inciting anti-ICE sentiment.
Hours prior to the Dallas shooting, Gov. Newsom appeared on CBS’ "Late Show" where he raged against federal agents who have masked-up to avoid being doxxed by activists in the Golden State.
Newsom recounted the detention of a teenager outside a school, describing it as "men jumping out of unmarked cars. People disappearing. No due process. No oversight. Zero accountability: Happening in the United States of America today."
"People ask: ‘Well, is authoritarianism you being hyperbolic?’ Bulls--- we’re being hyperbolic… These are not just authoritarian tendencies, these are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government," Newsom told host Stephen Colbert.
"There have been at least four left-wing terror attacks in the past two weeks. Four. In two weeks. It's only getting worse. They're getting more brazen. We have to treat left-wing militants like ISIS and crackdown mercilessly, or lots of people will die," conservative commentator Matt Walsh wrote.
Podcaster and military veteran Jack Pososbiec wrote: "We are now experiencing the largest wave of leftist violence since 2020 It isn't only Antifa black blocs and BLM rioters anymore It's targeted killings And it's going to get worse."
Another conservative activist Robby Starbuck wrote: "In little over a week leftists have: - Murdered Charlie Kirk - Shot an ABC affiliate for not airing Kimmel - Shot a wedding yelling Free Palestine - Shot people at an ICE facility - Had mass celebrations & celebrated Charlie’s murder in streets of NY This is domestic terrorism."
President Trump slammed Democrats in a post on Truth Social.
“I have been briefed on the deadly shooting at the ICE Field Office in Dallas, Texas. It has now been revealed the deranged shooter wrote ‘Anti-ICE’ on his shell casings,” Trump wrote. “This is despicable! The Brave Men and Women of ICE are just trying to do their jobs, and remove the ‘WORST of the WORST’ Criminals out of our Country, but they are facing an unprecedented increase in threats, violence, and attacks by Deranged Radical Leftists."
“This violence is the result of the Radical Left Democrats constantly demonizing Law Enforcement, calling for ICE to be demolished, and comparing ICE Officers to ‘Nazis',” Trump continued. “The continuing violence from Radical Left Terrorists, in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, must be stopped. ICE Officers, and other Brave Members of Law Enforcement, are under grave threat.”
Trump noted that his administration has already declared ANTIFA a terrorist organization, adding that he plans to sign another Executive Order this week to dismantle domestic terrorism networks.
“I AM CALLING ON ALL DEMOCRATS TO STOP THIS RHETORIC AGAINST ICE AND AMERICA’S LAW ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT NOW!” the president said. “The Trump Administration is fully committed to backing Law Enforcement, Strong Borders, securing our Homeland, deporting Violent Illegal Criminals, and fully rooting out the Left Wing Domestic Terrorism that is terrorizing our Country. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The incident is under investigation. "While the investigation is ongoing, an initial review of the evidence shows an idealogical motive behind this attack (see photo below). One of the unspent shell casings recovered was engraved with the phrase 'ANTI ICE.' More updates will be forthcoming," Patel wrote.
