{"id":3524,"date":"2023-01-05T05:29:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=3524"},"modified":"2023-03-16T21:54:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T02:54:13","slug":"domestic-extremism-targeting-migrants-at-southern-border-could-rise-amid-possible-end-of-title-42-dhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=3524","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Domestic extremism targeting migrants at southern border could rise amid possible end of Title 42: DHS<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Extremist violence targeting migrants along the southwest border could rise amid the possible lifting of the public health restriction\u00a0known as Title 42, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence assessment obtained by ABC News.<br \/>\nThe bulletin, dated Dec. 23 and issued by DHS\u2019 intelligence and analysis branch, came just before the\u00a0Supreme Court announced that\u00a0they would hear arguments on whether or not the policy should continue.<br \/>\nThe high court ordered the controversial restriction, which allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants and is officially intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19, be kept in place until they decide on an appeal from 19 states who want to preserve the policy.<br \/>\nThe justices will hear the appeal in February.<br \/>\n\u201cWe assess that the potential for domestic violent extremist (DVE) violence along the US Southwest Border likely will increase in the coming weeks based on recent online calls for violence in response to the anticipated lifting of US Code Title 42,\u201d the late-December bulletin states.<br \/>\nIn particular, the bulletin cites &#8220;calls for attacks targeting primarily migrants and critical infrastructure.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;But our insight into DVE plotting is constrained by these individuals\u2019 use of online security measures to limit exposure to law enforcement,&#8221; the DHS assessment notes.<br \/>\nOn social media, the department says extremists have also posted \u201conline calls for violence targeting migrants at the US Southwest Border.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe tactics discussed are consistent with DVE messaging and include firearms attacks, the placement of land mines along migration routes, and luring migrants into trailers to poison them with gas, according to DHS reporting,\u201d the bulletin states.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/domestic-extremism-targeting-migrants-southern-border-rise-amid\/story?id=96194873\">Abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extremist violence targeting migrants along the southwest border could rise amid the possible lifting of the public health restriction\u00a0known as Title 42, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence assessment obtained by ABC News. The bulletin, dated Dec. 23 and issued by DHS\u2019 intelligence and analysis branch, came just before the\u00a0Supreme Court announced that\u00a0they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1327,2958,3609,1562,3663,2918,1214,1228,1472],"class_list":["post-3524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-border","tag-border-policy","tag-deportation","tag-dhs","tag-extremism","tag-illegal-entry","tag-immigration","tag-migrants","tag-targeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3524"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7827,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions\/7827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}