Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is the principal criminal investigative arm of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); it is a federal law‑enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that conducts domestic and international investigations into transnational crime (e.g., human trafficking, drug and weapons smuggling, cybercrime, financial crime) and supports other DHS and federal partners.
The New York State Police (NYSP) is New York State’s statewide law‑enforcement agency; for federal investigations it can investigate crimes within the state, lead or assist local and federal partners (including joint task forces), execute state criminal warrants, and coordinate evidence and arrests with federal agencies when jurisdiction overlaps or when asked to support federal probes.
Tricia McLaughlin is DHS’s Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (the department’s principal communications adviser and spokesperson). Kristi Noem is the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, the Cabinet‑level head of DHS responsible for overall department leadership and law‑enforcement policy implementation.
Potential federal crimes include: threatening or attempting to kill a federal officer (e.g., 18 U.S.C. § 1114 and related statutes for killing or attempted killing of federal officers), making threats to injure or kill (18 U.S.C. § 875), and weapons/firearm offenses such as making false statements to buy a firearm (18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6)) or illegal purchase/possession under the Gun Control Act; prosecutors may also consider solicitation, conspiracy, or terrorism‑related statutes depending on facts.
DHS’s press release asserts those percentage increases but does not cite underlying data in the release; I cannot confirm the figures from the release alone. To evaluate the claim you would need DHS/ICE reports or datasets (e.g., ICE internal incident statistics, DHS annual reports, or Inspector General audits); those specific 1,300% and 3,200% figures were not sourced in the release and could not be verified from public DHS pages available here.
The public can report doxing/harassment of ICE personnel by calling DHS/ICE tip line 1‑866‑DHS‑2‑ICE (866‑347‑2423) or submitting ICE’s online tip form; when reporting provide specifics such as names or identifiers of the targeted officer, URLs/screenshots of doxing content, dates/times, accounts involved, and any threats, so investigators can assess and preserve evidence.
DHS and courts distinguish protected criticism from illegal threats by context and intent: protected speech (political criticism, comparisons, advocacy) is lawful, but statements that are true threats, credible threats, solicitations to commit violence, or specific violent plans can be criminal (evaluated under statutes like 18 U.S.C. § 875 and case law assessing intent, imminence, and verifiability).