SEE IT: ICE agents pause arrest operation to save woman in rollover crash
EXCLUSIVE: Quick-thinking Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Wisconsin who were preparing to conduct an arrest operation dropped everything to rush to the scene of a nearby rollover crash, saving a woman trapped inside her car, Fox News Digital has learned.
ICE agents have been maligned as "fascist" and "inhumane" by critics, while recent incidents have highlighted officers rescuing people in danger, including a case in which an agent leaped into a hotel pool to save a drowning child.
On June 29, agents were in the Milwaukee area preparing to make an arrest when one officer involved heard the sound of a car crash and hurried to investigate.
A car ran a stoplight at 20th Street and Cleveland Avenue, colliding with another vehicle. The impact caused one of the vehicles to roll over and crash into a light pole, pinning the 31-year-old woman inside.
The agent then contacted the rest of his team and told them to call 911 and come over to help free the woman in the interim.
Working as a team, the agents were able to remove the woman from the mangled car and render first aid until emergency medical technicians arrived.
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"Our best of the best ICE officers put their lives on the line to arrest the worst of the worst," a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital following the incident.
Acting Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis said ICE agents like those involved, who remained anonymous, including in exclusive images, for their safety, exemplify the best in federal law enforcement.
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"Despite smears and hoaxes spread by sanctuary politicians and the media, our officers put their lives on the line to make our communities safer," Bis said. "They are heroes."
"If you see an ICE law enforcement officer, thank them for all they do to protect our nation."
In another case this year, while ICE agents were assisting TSA agents during the Democrats’ DHS shutdown, one ICE agent performed the Heimlich maneuver on a choking child, saving the child's life.