U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted a series of messages on December 18, 2025, addressing topics ranging from voluntary departure to the conviction of a criminal alien and the rise in threats against ICE officers.
In an early morning post, ICE stated: "Leave on your own terms, not on ours." (December 18, 2025).
Later that day, referencing an individual named TriciaOhio, ICE wrote: ".@TriciaOhio: Thank God @AGPamBondi, @FBIDirectorKash, and our HSI agents foiled this terrorist plot.
Attacks on our ICE officers are up over 1,150% and death threats are up over 8,000%.
But that will not stop us from arresting criminal illegal aliens and Defending our https://t.co/MsBD0ijsqa" (December 18, 2025).
In another post the same afternoon, ICE reported: "Ecuadoran criminal alien Rodrigo Roman Basantes has been convicted of child cruelty and child sex abuse in NJ — though he only served 14 days because his 5-year sentence was suspended." (December 18, 2025).
ICE is a federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws within the United States. The agency frequently communicates updates regarding enforcement actions and policy through its official social media accounts.
