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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, California, on July 27, 2026.

Texas man latest to be imprisoned for threats to kill federal agents after guilty plea

Old wine in a new bottle: As threats against immigration agents move from social media into federal courtrooms, prosecutors are treating online calls to kill federal officers as crimes, and the sentences are starting to set a pattern. Threatening the life of the U.S. President became a federal crime in 1917, while criminal penalties for threatening other federal officials and employees were enacted later through laws like the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984.