ICE head says agents facing 'constant impediments' after migrant seen ramming cars while trying to flee

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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons argued on Tuesday that federal immigration agents are facing "constant impediments" and "constant attacks" after video showed a suspected illegal migrant in San Antonio ramming cars in an attempt to flee. The video shows the migrant in a car ramming into vehicles that were blocking them in from the front and the back, as the individual attempted to evade arrest. During an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity," Lyons was asked if rhetoric from Democrats criticizing ICE can be tied to incidents like these. REP RO KHANNA DEMANDS PROSECUTION OF ICE AGENT IN MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING "When we hear elected officials calling upon individuals to impede or obstruct ICE law enforcement operations nationwide, you're going to see incidents like this," Lyons responded. "You saw the officers and agents attempting to apprehend a criminally illegal alien, and there they are using their car as a weapon." Lyons said one of the agents went to a hospital with neck injuries after their vehicle was struck in the incident. "Every day, this is what the men and women of ICE are facing," he claimed. "It's constant impediments, constant attacks like this. And it's not safe for my folks, it's not safe for the public. It really needs to stop." He also purported that "criminal gangs" are organizing groups to impede or obstruct immigration enforcement operations. "It's a constitutional right to go out there and protest. But when you have organized criminal gangs, which these are, that are organizing these groups to, again, impede or obstruct law enforcement operations … that's a criminal act. I will tell you that Homeland Security investigations, my folks, the FBI, we're investigating these and people can be held accountable because you can't organize groups to go out and impede law enforcement. It's a criminal act, and we have to act swiftly to prevent this from spreading," he said. Lyons was also asked about recent comments from Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasne…