(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she is sponsoring a bill to increase penalties against those who attack ICE agents. “Instead of standing with law enforcement, the radical left continues to side with dangerous illegal aliens and even wants to strip ICE agents of the gear that helps to keep them safe. They also have referred to ICE as a terrorist force, and that’s absolutely unacceptable. I’ve had enough. These agents are real people, they have families, they come home to each and every night,” she says. Hinson, a Republican from Marion, is sponsoring a bill called the “Respect and Protect ICE ACT.”

“Anyone who assaults an ICE agent must face the harshest possible punishment, and that’s why I am fighting to double the federal penalty for attacks on ICE agents,” she says. Hinson says the bill will provide the necessary deterrent as the agents carry out President Trump’s immigration agenda. “We will never back down in defending our law enforcement in doing their jobs. We will never tolerate unhinged assaults on ICE and. We will not stop. Until these dangerous illegal aliens are deported and our communities are safe,” Hinson says.

Hinson represents the Second District, but announced she is running for Senate after fellow Republican Joni Ernst said she would not run again.