ICE arrests illegal Mexican migrant for allegedly threatening to assassinate Trump

The man, identified as 54-year-old Ramon Morales-Reyes, allegedly handed a note with the threat to an intelligence officer the day before his arrest, where he vowed to shoot the president before deporting himself back to Mexico.

Published: May 28, 2025 5:30pm

Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday confirmed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have arrested an illegal Mexican migrant who threatened to kill President Donald Trump.

The man, identified as 54-year-old Ramon Morales-Reyes, allegedly handed a note with the threat to an intelligence officer the day before his arrest, where he vowed to shoot the president before deporting himself back to Mexico.

Noem said the arrest comes less than a year after Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania last July, and less than two weeks after former FBI Director James Comey appeared to call for Trump's assassination in a since-deleted Instagram post.

"Thanks to our ICE officers, this illegal alien who threatened to assassinate President Trump is behind bars," Noem posted to X. "All politicians and members of the media should take notice of these repeated attempts on President Trump’s life and tone down their rhetoric. I will continue to take all measures necessary to ensure the protection of President Trump."

Morales-Reyes has allegedly come into the United States illegally multiple times, ICE officials said, and has a long history of criminal behavior. He will be held in Wisconsin pending his deportation, according to Breitbart

“We are tired of this president messing with us Mexicans — we have done more for this country than you white people — ” Morale-Reyes allegedly wrote in the note. "You have been deporting my family and I think it is time Donald J. Trump get what he has coming to him.

"I will self-deport myself back to Mexico but not before I use my 30-ought-6 to shoot your precious president in his head — I will see him at one of his big rallies," the note concluded.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.

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