美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）代理局长托德·莱昂斯指责进步派众议员、华盛顿州民主党人普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔虚伪。此前贾亚帕尔称该机构"行事如同恐怖势力"，而莱昂斯指出这位女议员曾试图为真正的恐怖分子开脱责任。

贾亚帕尔本周在社交媒体发文中指控"移民与海关执法局（ICE）的行径如同恐怖组织"，并称"全美各地不同法律身份的人群——包括美国公民——正被蒙面人绑架并从街头强行带走"。她强调这些联邦行动"缺乏监管、无人担责"，是"彻底的法外妄为"。

普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔（Pramila Jayapal）在接受美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）《新闻中心》节目主持人布里安娜·凯拉尔（Brianna Keilar）采访时再次强调其观点，她表示："真正疯狂、残忍且令人愤慨的是，我们亲眼目睹移民海关执法局（ICE）探员——我推测他们是ICE人员，他们自称是，却未佩戴任何身份标识，戴着口罩、身着便衣——在美国街头公然绑架民众并使其失踪。"

她补充道："我万万没想到会在美国目睹这样的事情。因此我认为当局必须向被围捕的美国公民、合法永久居民、全国各地拥有合法身份却遭扫荡的人们道歉——这些人已在此生活20年且从未犯罪，如今却被蒙面人绑架并驱逐出境。"

对此，莱昂斯表示，2019年一名真正的反法西斯（Antifa）恐怖分子曾试图炸毁众议员贾亚帕尔家乡华盛顿州的ICE西北处理中心，而贾亚帕尔却"试图将这场暴力袭击归咎于右翼言论，公然为这名企图杀害被拘留者和员工的恐怖分子辩护！"

莱昂斯表示："如今，她将执行国会制定的移民法的ICE（移民和海关执法局）官员称为'恐怖分子'。而当前执法人员遭遇的袭击事件激增近700%，部分原因正是她所散布的这类煽动性言论。"

他说：“我万万没想到，竟会目睹一位现任国会议员将暴力罪犯的权益置于执法者之上——这些警员正保护她的社区免受真实公共安全威胁。这位女议员唯一该做的，是向投票给她的选民们道歉。”

美国国土安全部本周早些时候向福克斯新闻透露，与去年同期相比，针对移民及海关执法局（ICE）官员和联邦特工的暴力袭击事件激增690%。

一位负责驱逐出境工作的特工在接受福克斯数字新闻采访时，对暴力事件升级以及民主党推动的官员去匿名化政策的影响表示担忧，称这些政策威胁到他们的家庭和社区安全。

该代理人表示：“无论我和我的家人遭遇什么，民主党领导层都对此负有直接责任。”

福克斯数字新闻的雷切尔·德尔吉迪斯（Rachel del Guidice）对本报道亦有贡献。

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is calling out the hypocrisy of progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who said the agency is "acting like a terrorist force," pointing to an earlier attempt by the congresswoman to shift blame away from an actual terrorist.

In a social media post this week, Jayapal claimed "ICE is acting like a terrorist force" and that "people across the country of all legal statuses including U.S. citizens are being kidnapped and disappeared off the street by masked men." Jayapal asserted that the federal operations are being carried out with "no oversight, no accountability" and are "completely lawless."

During an interview with Brianna Keilar on "CNN News Central," Jayapal doubled down on her statement, saying, "What is deranged and cruel and outrageous is that, literally, we are seeing ICE agents, I assume theyre ICE agents. They say they are. They dont have any identification. Theyre wearing masks. Theyre in plain clothes. They are coming and kidnapping and disappearing people on the streets of the United States.

"I never in a million years thought that that is something that I would see here in America," she added. "And so I think it is the administration that has to apologize to U.S. citizens that have been rounded up to legal, permanent residents, to people with legal statuses across the country who are getting swept up, people who have been here for 20 years and committed no crimes, getting swept up by masked men who are kidnaping them and deporting them."

In response, Lyons said after "an actual Antifa terrorist tried to blow up ICEs Northwest Processing Center in Rep. Jayapals home state of Washington in 2019," she "tried to blame the violent attack on rhetoric from the right, in defense of an actual terrorist who tried to murder detainees and employees alike!

"Now, she labels ICE officers enforcing immigration law set by Congress terrorists," said Lyons. "This, at a time when officers are facing a nearly 700% increase in assaults, is in part due to the type of rhetoric she spews."

"Never in a million years did I think I would witness a sitting member of Congress prioritize regard for violent criminals over the law enforcement officers protecting her community from actual public safety threats," he said. "The only apology needed is from the congresswoman to the people who voted for her."

The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News earlier this week that assaults against ICE officers and federal agents conducting immigration enforcement are up 690% compared to the same time last year.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, a special agent working deportations voiced concern about the escalating violence and the effect of Democrats pushing policies to de-mask officials, which they said threatens their families and communities.

The agent said that "whatever happens to us, my family," Democratic leadership is "directly responsible for it."

Fox News Digital's Rachel del Guidice contributed to this report.