Whereas Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a candidate for Congress from New York, welcomed the support of Occupy ICE LA, a group that called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (in this preamble referred to as ICE ) a genocidal ethnic cleansing machine and the Gestapo , and posted photos of ICE employees on the internet, encouraging activists to [k]now their faces, never allow them to feel safe ; Whereas Cynthia Nixon, a candidate for Governor of New York, stated that ICE is a terrorist organization ; Whereas a mob of leftwing activists recently surrounded an ICE office in southwest Portland, Oregon, trapping ICE employees inside the building; Whereas ICE employees were subjected to doxxing and violent threats after their social media profiles, phone numbers, and home addresses were posted on the internet by leftwing activists; Whereas an ICE officer was reportedly followed and confronted when he went to pick up his daughter from summer camp , and another had his name and photo plastered on flyers outside his home accusing him of being part of the Gestapo , according to the Wall Street Journal; Whereas the Mayor of Portland, Oregon, Ted Wheeler, barred the Portland Police Bureau from coming to the aid of ICE employees, stating, I do not want the @PortlandPolice to be engaged or sucked into a conflict, particularly from a Federal agency that I believe is on the wrong track … If they are looking for a bailout from this mayor, they are looking in the wrong place. ; Whereas the ICE office in southwest Portland was shut down for days due to threats and occupation; Whereas leftwing activists have similarly harassed and threatened ICE employees and targeted ICE offices for closure around the country