Federal Prosecutors Use Terrorism Law to Prosecute ICE Facility Attack

Benjamin Hanil Song received a 100-year sentence on 23 June 2026 for attempted murder in a coordinated armed attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in North Texas. Federal prosecutors applied terrorism enhancements—available when crimes aim to coerce government conduct—to frame organized cell violence as federal terrorism rather than ordinary violent crime. Sixteen defendants faced charges; convictions were secured by March 2026. The sentence signals courts will impose near-maximum penalties for organized attacks on immigration enforcement infrastructure.