No deportation officer has been killed in the line of duty since ICE's creation

"Of the 15 officers who died in the line of duty while working for Enforcement and Removal Operations, the ICE branch charged with detaining unauthorized migrants within the interior of the US, all but two died of Covid. One deportation officer, Brian Beliso, died of a heart attack in 2020 during a foot chase. The other deportation officer to die of something other than Covid, Lorenzo Roberto Gomez, experienced heat stress during a training exercise in El Paso, Texas, leading to hospitalization."

"Nearly 200 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty between 2021 and 2023, according an FBI report published two years ago. More than 79,000 officers were assaulted in 2023 alone. Federal law enforcement officers from branches that deal directly with enforcement of criminal laws, such as the FBI and the DEA, each saw several officers killed in the line of duty over the last two decades."

"Four ICE officers have died violent deaths in the line of duty. But all of them worked for ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division, which targets criminals and did not historically carry out routine arrests of immigrants until the second Trump administration began detailing them to do so last year."

The Guardian analyzed Department of Homeland Security data on fallen officers and violent incidents targeting immigration enforcement personnel. Of 15 Enforcement and Removal Operations officers who died in the line of duty, 13 died from Covid-19. One died of a heart attack during a foot chase, and another died of kidney failure following heat stress during training. No deportation officer has experienced a violent death since ICE's 2003 establishment. In contrast, nearly 200 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed between 2021 and 2023, with over 79,000 assaulted in 2023 alone. Four ICE officers died violently, but all worked for the Homeland Security Investigations division targeting criminals, not conducting routine immigration arrests.

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