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Attacks on ICE Agents are up more than 100% from last year. There was more violence on Christmas Eve.
Two people were injured after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents opened fire on a van in Maryland after the driver allegedly tried to run them over during an ongoing operation.
The driver is hospitalized in stable condition. Another person outside the van sustained minor injuries and was treated at an area hospital.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on X that the agents identified the driver of the van as Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, an illegal alien from Portugal. Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, an illegal alien from El Salvador, was the passenger, DHS said.
"Fearing for their lives and public safety, the ICE officers defensively fired their service weapons, striking the driver," DHS said. "Sousa-Martins then wrecked his van between two buildings, injuring the passenger."
The agents were not hurt seriously.
