Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, said Friday she wants people who make online threats against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and other federal authorities to be prosecuted.

“Any threats of violence against these courageous law enforcement officers and agents should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Britt said in a statement to Newsweek.

There has been a spike of such threats being made on social media amid President Donald Trump’s efforts at mass deportations of illegal immigrants.

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