Democrats’ Defund ICE Rhetoric Sparks Activist Effort to Hunt Federal Agents in Las Vegas

What started in deep blue sanctuary cities is now knocking on Nevada’s door. A volunteer group calling itself LV Defensa is attempting to track and publicize the movements of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement across the Las Vegas Valley, mirroring tactics pioneered in cities where anti-law-enforcement activism has become routine and public safety has paid the price.

According to local reporting, volunteers monitor neighborhoods, circulate alerts, and encourage residents to document ICE activity in real time. Supporters frame the effort as community awareness. Law enforcement professionals and many Nevadans see something else entirely. A coordinated attempt to interfere with federal officers doing their jobs and to intimidate agents tasked with enforcing the law.

This is not happening in a vacuum. The rise of ICE tracking groups follows years of incendiary political rhetoric that treats border enforcement as immoral and federal agents as villains. When elected officials normalize that message, activists take it as a green light.

National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Christian Martinez said, “When Democrats like Susie Lee, Dina Titus, and Steven Horsford spend years demonizing law enforcement and pandering to the ‘defund ICE’ crowd, this is the result: activists targeting law enforcement and public safety taking a back seat to radical politics.”

Nevada voters have heard this song before. Calls to abolish or defund ICE. Talking points that blur the line between enforcing immigration law and committing some imagined offense. Silence when officers are threatened. Loud applause when enforcement is obstructed.

Members of Congress like Susie Lee, Dina Titus, and Steven Horsford have spent years appeasing the loudest voices on the left. Now those voices are operational, organized, and emboldened right here at home.

Law enforcement leaders warn that tracking officers in real time risks dangerous confrontations. It exposes agents and bystanders to harm. It undermines the rule of law. And it sends a chilling message to the men and women charged with keeping communities safe.

Las Vegas is not San Francisco. Nevada is not Portland. Nevadans value order, safety, and common sense. They understand that enforcing immigration law is not radical. Undermining it is.

As the 2026 election cycle heats up, voters will have a clear choice. Stand with the activists who harass law enforcement and turn public safety into a political game. Or stand with the officers who protect communities and the rule of law.

In Nevada, that contrast is no longer theoretical. It is happening in real time.

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