DHS Reports Burned Animal Carcass Left on Staffer’s Porch

The Department of Homeland Security is warning employees of an increased level of threat to their safety with a series of violent acts taken against them and their children due to the current debate over immigration policy.

In a letter sent to employees, the department said there is a “heightened threat against DHS employees,” according to ABC Radio. “This assessment is based on specific and credible threats that have been levied against certain DHS employees and a sharp increase in the overall number of general threats against DHS employees,” Claire Grady, acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security, said in the letter. Threats seem to have advanced well beyond mere talk. The department reported that one official living in Washington, D.C., found a decapitated and burnt animal carcass on his porch. The threats come as some elected Democrat officials have engaged in extreme rhetoric against those with whom they disagree politically. California Democrat Maxine Waters, for instance, urged followers to attack Trump administration officials and their children at their homes and public places like restaurants. (Read more)

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