How many ICE agents were shot at in 2025

1. The short answer: three recorded incidents in which agents were shot at in 2025, per The Trace

A data review published by The Trace in December 2025 identified three incidents during the enforcement crackdown in which immigration agents were either shot or shot at — including video evidence of a protester apparently firing at agents during a July farm raid and a rooftop sniper attack on a Dallas ICE facility in September that missed agents but struck detainees ^[1]. That count is the most direct, published figure in the dataset provided here and therefore serves as the clearest short answer within available reporting ^[1].

2. Why that number is narrow: definitions, what counts as “ICE agents,” and overlapping agencies

The Trace’s tally focuses on incidents where immigration agents were explicitly targeted with gunfire; it does not try to enumerate every violent episode surrounding immigration enforcement, nor does it always differentiate between ICE, Border Patrol, or other DHS personnel — a distinction that matters because many enforcement operations are joint actions and shooters have struck facilities or vehicles rather than identified individual ICE officers ^{[1] [2]}. Other reporting notes attacks at CBP or Border Patrol sites and sometimes attributes shooters’ targets to “immigration” agents generically, which can inflate or obscure counts if one is trying to isolate ICE-specific victimization ^{[2] [3]}.

3. Related reporting shows more violence around ICE operations but not necessarily more agents shot at

Separately, outlets have documented an escalation of confrontations, protests, and targeted attacks on DHS sites: Reuters and Mother Jones describe shootings at or near ICE and Border Patrol facilities in 2025, including an armed rooftop attack at a Dallas ICE facility and other assaults on CBP sites, but those accounts often emphasize damage, detainee casualties, or facility attacks rather than a clear, separate tally of ICE agents being shot ^{[2] [3] [4]}. The Wall Street Journal’s review cited on Wikipedia found numerous instances of immigration officers firing at civilian vehicles since July 2025, a different phenomenon that underlines the overall spike in violence around enforcement operations but does not directly increase the count of agents who were themselves shot at ^[5].

4. Caveats and competing narratives: sources, agendas and coverage gaps

Advocacy organizations and legal advocates highlight a wider pattern of deadly force by immigration agents and point to rising numbers of people killed in ICE custody in 2025, which fuels narratives of an overall violent enforcement year but does not equate to more agents being shot at ^{[6] [7]}. Government and administration statements stress threats to officers and cite rises in assaults as justification for policy changes, creating an implicit agenda to document officer risk; independent trackers like The Trace use stricter incident definitions and produce a smaller, verifiable count ^{[1] [8]}. Given joint operations, inconsistent public reporting, and differing definitions of what constitutes an attack “on ICE agents,” public tallies will necessarily vary and should be compared on methodological grounds ^{[1] [2]}.

5. Bottom line and what’s missing from public records

Based on the sources available here, the most concrete public figure is three incidents in 2025 in which immigration agents were shot at or shot during enforcement actions as identified by The Trace; broader coverage documents related facility attacks and a surge in violence around ICE and CBP operations but does not reliably add to that specific count ^{[1] [2] [3]}. Public reporting and official data remain fragmented on whether additional unreported or mischaracterized episodes occurred, and the joint nature of many operations complicates isolating ICE-specific victim counts ^{[1] [5]}.