Jared Hudson Blames ICE Assault on Anti-Police Rhetoric

U.S. Senate candidate Jared Hudson said the assault of a federal ICE agent in Alabaster this week highlights the risks law enforcement now faces amid growing political pressure to resist immigration enforcement.

The incident occurred Monday during a targeted ICE operation in Alabaster. Federal agents were attempting to detain a suspect when a female ICE agent was assaulted during the encounter. Authorities said the agent suffered bumps and bruises, including a head injury, and was treated on scene. A suspect was later taken into custody and now faces federal charges for assaulting a federal officer. The suspect has been identified as Jose Emilio Ba-Ruiz (pictured below).

Hudson, a former Navy SEAL, addressed the incident during a radio appearance on Alabama’s Morning News with JT, (105.5 AM, WERC), saying the facts show the arrest was lawful and the violence avoidable.

“Either way, (the agent) was assaulted by somebody who was resisting a lawful arrest,” Hudson said. “I mean, that's what these ICE agents are here to do. They're detaining individuals who have committed a crime other than being an illegal immigrant already.”

Hudson rejected claims that ICE targets individuals solely for immigration status. “It's not like they're just rolling folks for being illegal immigrants,” he said. “Most of these individuals have, you know, assaulted somebody, robbed somebody.”

He tied the Alabaster incident to broader national tensions surrounding ICE operations, citing unrest and public pushback in other States. “Right now they're being pushed and told by left wing nut jobs and by activists and by members of even the government on the Democrat side to resist law enforcement,” Hudson said, “even to the point that they’re told to harm law enforcement.”

Hudson said the suspect in the Alabaster case now faces far more serious consequences because of that resistance. “Now he's looking at ten to twenty years for assault on a federal agent,” he said, noting that cooperation could have led to a routine deportation instead.

When asked whether the operation was a sweep, Hudson said it was not. “Yeah… all of these arrests are targeted arrests,” he said.

During the interview, Hudson also criticized comments attributed to the Mayor of Irondale regarding non-cooperation with ICE, calling them misleading. “They're not splitting up families,” Hudson said. “They're going after criminal illegal aliens. They're targeting them specifically because that's how they find out who they are when they commit a crime.”

He framed ICE enforcement as a public safety issue, not a political one. “It’s the job of the federal government to make sure that we get those out of here and send them back to the country that they came from,” Hudson said. “If you want to enter this country, there's a right way to do it… don't enter this country and think that you can break the laws.”

Hudson argued that cooperation between agencies reduces the risk of injury to both officers and the public. “If they do it that way, nobody gets hurt,” he said. “Nobody gets shot, right, no issues that go on because it's already dealt with.”

Jared Hudson is a former Navy SEAL and Co-founder of Covenant Rescue Group, which both conducts and trains law enforcement officers to conduct anti-human trafficking operations. He is currently running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Tommy Tuberville. The Republican primary will be held May 19, 2025.

To learn more about Hudson’s campaign, visit his campaign website, HudsonForAlabama.com or follow him on Facebook, X, Instagram or Truth Social.