[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 15, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                             Fourth of July

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, July 4 is supposed to be a day of 
celebration and patriotism, but earlier this month, leftwing domestic 
extremists tried to turn that day into a day of tragedy and a day of 
terrorism.
  On the evening of Independence Day, a group of antifa terrorists 
carried out an ambush attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
facility in Alvarado, TX.
  They drew immigration agents outside by shooting fireworks at the 
building and vandalizing cars in the parking lot. Unarmed ICE officials 
came outside. They came outside thinking they were just dealing with 
hooligans and not realizing that there were snipers hiding in the 
trees.
  The gunmen opened fire, but, thankfully, these leftwing terrorists 
weren't your typical Texas straight shooters. Though they fired 20 to 
30 rounds, they failed to kill or critically injure any law enforcement 
officers.
  When a shooter's gun jammed, he didn't know how to clear it so he 
dropped his weapon and fled the scene. The terrorists tried to hide in 
a nearby trailer park, endangering residents who were celebrating our 
Nation's founding.
  Thankfully, the local police were able to detain these violent 
radicals without harm to any bystanders.
  This assault on the ICE facility is a direct result of inflammatory 
rhetoric aimed at our immigration enforcement officers. As you see 
every day on TV, leftwing street mobs constantly chant that ICE 
employees and ICE, generally, is a modern-day KKK.
  A Democrat Congressman recently compared ICE agents to Nazis. I call 
on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to condemn these outrageous 
attacks and to condemn the left's hateful rhetoric toward the men and 
women who enforce our immigration laws.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.