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Two separate Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices in Texas received packages containing a suspicious white powder.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed the incidents on Friday in a statement.
“On Friday morning, an ICE officer discovered a white powdery substance in an envelope addressed to the Dallas ICE facility,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
An officer at the Dallas facility opened the envelope and noticed the substance. A shelter-in-place order was issued while a hazmat team and other specialists were called in to examine the substance.
A nearly identical incident occurred at the Irving office, ten miles from Dallas. Again, specialists were called in to ensure the substance was not harmful.
“There is no threat to the public and the matter is under investigation,” McLaughlin said
She gave no indication of what was in the envelopes.
This is now the third threat against the Dallas Office since August.
“This incident comes after the deadly terrorist attack in September and a bomb threat in August at the Dallas facility,” McLaughlin added.
Two immigrant detainees were shot and killed at the Dallas facility by a sniper, who then turned the gun on himself. He was apparently targeting ICE agents and not detainees.
“Our ICE officers are facing a 1000% increase in assaults and an 8000% increase in death threats against them as they remove dangerous criminals from our communities. We call on politicians and activists to tone down their rhetoric before a law enforcement officer is killed,” McLaughlin said.
Immigration agents across the country have faced threats and assaults. Protesters outside an ICE facility in Chicago rammed agents with cars and in at least one incident shot at them.
A white powder was also sent to a New York ICE office in August.
