Illegal Immigrant Uses Car to Hit ICE Officer During Florida Arrest

Articles | September 17, 2025 | by Catholics for Catholics

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‘This is the second incident in a week where an officer was injured while arresting an illegal alien.’

By Catholics for Catholics

In another violent incident involving an attack against the forces of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an illegal immigrant struck an ICE officer with his car as the cop attempted to arrest the migrant during a traffic stop in Florida.

The Daily Wire reported that Henry Isaul Garcia backed-up his vehicle — which was carrying three other illegal immigrants — into the officer’s leg before “nearly crushing him,” the Department of Homeland Security said. The immigrant from Guatemala then crashed into several ICE vehicles during the traffic stop in Homestead, Florida, before fleeing and crashing with a black utility van.

Garcia and his illegal immigrant passengers then fled from the car, but were eventually arrested by the feds, according to DHS.

Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said “sanctuary politicians” who “have openly encouraged and provided tips for how to evade our ICE officers” are to blame for the latest attack.

“We are praying for the speedy recovery of our law enforcement officer,” McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. “The violence against our brave ICE law enforcement must come to an end. This is the second incident in a week where an officer was injured while arresting an illegal alien.”

Watch the dramatic moment @ICEgov officers apprehend a criminal illegal alien who rammed his car into another vehicle when trying to get away.

"With convictions for drug possession, larceny and burglary, you can bet we’ll get him ready for a one-way trip home," ICE said. pic.twitter.com/NiSifrryJ1

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 30, 2025

The Wire reported that the most recent attack comes in the middle of a 1,000% increase in attacks on ICE officers as they execute President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

In another incident, an illegal immigrant driver hit and dragged an ICE officer in Chicago. The federal officer reacted by shooting the driver, who was later pronounced dead.

“This type of rhetoric is contributing to our ICE officers facing a more than 1000% increase in assaults against them. It is time to tone down the rhetoric,” said McLaughlin.

The injured ICE officer in Florida is in stable condition after being nursed at a local hospital, DHS said. The illegal immigrants who were in the vehicle were also taken to a hospital, before they were discharged and booked into ICE detention.

The Daily Wire reported that Garcia crossed the United States-Mexico border illegally into Eagle Pass, Texas, in March 2022, when more than 222,000 migrants crossed into the country with the promise of the Biden administration’s problematic catch-and-release policy.