ICE Arrests Illegal Immigrant Who Attempted to Evade Agents by Ramming Car Into Officers

Attacks against ICE officers are up by 1,150 percent, with death threats surging 8,000 percent.

Published: 12/22/2025, 10:11:20 AM EST

ICE Arrests Illegal Immigrant Who Attempted to Evade Agents by Ramming Car Into Officers — Cuban illegal alien Juan Carlos Romero is arrested by ICE agents in Minnesota. (Courtesy of the ICE)

An illegal immigrant from Cuba was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Dec. 21 in Minnesota after unsuccessfully attempting to evade arrest and causing injuries to officers, the agency said in a Dec. 21 post on X.

“Cuban illegal alien Juan Carlos Romero today attempted to evade ICE by ramming his car into two officers AND multiple vehicles—causing officers to defensively fire their service weapons,” ICE said.

“After a pursuit, he attempted to flee on foot and was eventually subdued, all while resisting arrest and biting an officer during the process. Romero entered the U.S. under Biden’s CBP One app in 2024.”

The CBP One app allowed migrants to schedule appointments at U.S. ports of entry. It was first released in 2020 and later expanded in 2021, with the previous administration calling the app an expansion of “legal pathways” for immigrating into the United States. On his first day in office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump ordered the app’s deactivation.

In another X post, ICE said the attempt of the Cuban illegal immigrant to evade arrest comes after “sanctuary politicians, like Governor Walz and other radical leftists, demeaned ICE and held events to help illegal aliens evade arrest,” referring to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

“Attacks on ICE are up 1,150 percent, and death threats up 8,000 percent. The two officers who sustained injuries are okay, but this could have gone sideways fast,” ICE said.

“Politicians from both sides must condemn these actions and those who call for violence against the brave men and women of @ICEgov.”

Sanctuary jurisdictions are places in the country where local or state officials refuse to enforce federal immigration laws or cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Minnesota is one such state, according to an Aug. 5 statement from the Department of Justice (DOJ).

On Dec. 11, Walz had written a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, raising concerns about ICE operations allegedly resulting in “multiple arrests of United States citizens” in Minneapolis.

“The forcefulness, lack of communication, and unlawful practices displayed by your agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota,” he wrote.

DHS criticized the letter in a Dec. 12 post on X, highlighting a “growing and disturbing trend” of rioters and agitators obstructing law enforcement during immigration enforcement operations.

Tackling Criminal Illegal Immigrants

Last week, a group of Democratic senators introduced the “Accountability for Federal Law Enforcement Act,” which would impact immigration enforcement operations, according to a Dec. 15 statement from the office of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.).

The bill seeks to allow individuals in the United States to sue federal law enforcement officers and agencies for violation of constitutional or civil rights, “regardless of citizenship,” it said.

Padilla accused ICE and Customs and Border Protection officers of having “terrorized communities across the country” for months.

Meanwhile, ICE continues to take stringent action against criminal illegal immigrants across the United States.

On Dec. 20, DHS announced that ICE lodged an arrest detainer for a Guatemalan illegal immigrant who had been charged with homicide and robbery.

Charges against Santos Paulino Vasquez-Ramirez were filed for his allegedly strangling a taxicab driver to death in Brewster, New York, on Dec. 1 following a dispute over the cab fare, DHS said. The body of the victim was only discovered on Dec. 7, floating in the Croton Falls Reservoir.

Ramirez had illegally entered the United States in October 2013 and was released into the country under the Obama administration, the agency said. In January 2016, an immigration judge issued a final order instructing his removal from America.

“Santos Vasquez Ramirez should’ve never been in our country in the first place and provided the opportunity to gruesomely take the life of Aurelio Zhunio-Orbez,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said.

From The Epoch Times