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Man arrested after allegedly telling security at Dallas ICE facility | |
that he had a bomb in his backpack | |
By Taylor Romine, CNN | |
Updated: | |
8:42 PM EDT, Tue August 26, 2025 | |
Source: CNN | |
A man was arrested in Dallas Monday night after he allegedly walked to | |
an entrance of an ICE facility and told officials he had a bomb in his | |
backpack, the Department of Homeland Security said in a news release | |
Tuesday. | |
Bratton Dean Wilkinson, a 35-year-old US citizen, arrived at the | |
entrance of the Dallas Field office at 6:37 p.m. local time, showing a | |
security officer a device on his wrist he claimed was a detonator, DHS | |
said. The location houses the Dallas Field office and Enforcement and | |
Removal Operations, they said. | |
A shelter-in-place was issued for the facility and local police | |
responded with a bomb squad, which was able to clear the scene about 30 | |
minutes later, they said. | |
Wilkinson was taken into custody by local law enforcement and charged | |
with making terroristic threats, DHS said. The Dallas Police Department | |
confirmed it responded to the incident, and said Wilkinson was charged | |
with a Class A misdemeanor false reporting to induce emergency | |
response. CNN is working to identify if he has an attorney. | |
The arrest comes as public attacks have risen against the agency and | |
its agents as they face continued backlash to the Trump | |
administration’s deportation efforts. The escalation in attacks , | |
especially after attacks in Fort Worth and McAllen, Texas. | |
In recent weeks, a New York ICE office was sent a white powder, and a | |
man in San Francisco was while agents were conducting immigration | |
enforcement, the agency said. | |
“These incidents come after months of smears and rhetoric by | |
activists, politicians, and the media comparing ICE law enforcement to | |
the Nazi Gestapo, kidnappers, and the Secret Police,” a senior DHS | |
official said in a statement. “This shameful rhetoric has fueled a | |
culture of hate against law enforcement resulting in a 1,000 percent | |
increase in assaults against them. All sanctuary politicians, | |
activists, and the media need to turn down their temperature.” | |
The DHS has previously warned of dramatic spikes in assaults, saying in | |
May attacks against officers had risen to over 400%, and then up to | |
800% in July, with the agency now reporting a 1,000% increase. | |
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