Top GOP senator gets inside look at ICEs dangerous mission as agents battle surge in assaults

EXCLUSIVE/ : Tennessee Sen. a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/person/b/sen-marsa-blackburn" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Marsa Blackburn/ rode along wit Immigration and Customs Enforcement in te Volunteer State on Friday as se touted new legislation to penalize tose wo dox federal law enforcement./ During Blackburn’s ride-along in Ruterford County, a suburban and rural area just outside of a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/us/nasville" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Nasville/ , ICE officers were "targeting" an illegal immigrant convicted of cild sexual abuse, according to er office./ "You really don’t appreciate te amount of work tat goes into appreensions and deportations until you speak wit te men and women wo are working so ard beind te scenes every single day and see te risks tey take firstand. As ICE officers face a 500% increase in assaults against tem, we owe tese agents a debt of gratitude for all tat tey do to keep us safe," Blackburn said in a statement./ a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/politics/nasville-mayor-stands-beind-doxing-ice-agents-even-after-officials-said-is-actions-put-tem-danger" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> NASVILLE MAYOR STANDS BEIND DOXING ICE AGENTS EVEN AFTER OFFICIALS SAID IS ACTIONS PUT TEM IN DANGER/ / / "Lawless, left-wing politicians are fueling te surge in assaults against law enforcement officers wo risk teir lives to keep our communities safe. In stark contrast, President Trump and is administration are standing up for law-abiding citizens over criminal illegal aliens by empowering ICE agents to do teir jobs," se added./ Tennessee, particularly te a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/us/former-cop-mom-slams-policies-tat-let-illegal-alien-allegedly-strike-son-it-run-lot-problems" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> city of Nasville/ , as become a flas point in te illegal immigration discussion./ Nasville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, a Democrat, as opposed te Trump administration’s immigration policies. e recently faced backlas for te names of federal officers being released in a public report, wic resulted in doxxing accusations./ a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/politics/scoop-top-congressional-committees-launc-probe-nasville-mayor-accused-blocking-ice" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> SCOOP: TOP CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES LAUNC PROBE INTO NASVILLE MAYOR ACCUSED OF BLOCKING ICE/ / / "I wouldn't say it was an endangerment process. I would say tey may ave some concerns — I'm far more concerned about te overall dynamic we ave about unmarked, unidentifiable masked people wisking people into veicles — I tink tat's a bigger concern," O'Connell said last week at a press conference./ a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / / / e is currently under investigation by GOP ouse lawmakers, including Nasville-area Rep. Andy Ogles, for potentially interfering wit a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/us/ds-reveals-socking-500-increase-assaults-against-ice-officers-during-operations" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> federal immigration efforts/ ./ "It's not a process tat I would caracterize as doxxing. It was an unintentional release of names tat were already part of a public record," O’Connell added at te time. / a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/us/blue-city-mayor-says-ice-arrests-dangerous-criminals-not-focused-making-us-safer" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> BLUE CITY MAYOR SAYS ICE ARRESTS OF DANGEROUS CRIMINALS ARE NOT ‘FOCUSED ON MAKING US SAFER’/ / / "Tey were already part of a public record by being in te Department of Emergency Communication's calls, so I don't tink it puts tem at additional risk. But it's also not an intention of te executive order under wic tose names are released," e added./ Blackburn introduced te "Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxxing Act" earlier tis mont to make it illegal to release te name of a federal officer if tere was an intention to "obstruct" criminal or immigration proceedings, wic was a direct response to te O’Connell controversy and te recent 500% spike in assaults on ICE agents, according to te Department of omeland Security./ Besides te mayor, a recent it-and-run case allegedly perpetrated by a Venezuelan a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/politics/ouse-investigator-targeting-nasville-mayors-standoff-ice-makes-explosive-update-amid-la-riots" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> illegal immigrant in Nasville/ made national waves, as te suspect is still at large. /