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Mark Teixeira, a World Series champion with the New York Yankees who is running for Congress in Texas, stepped up for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers after officials said agitators are making “AI videos to incite hatred.”
The Department of Homeland Security wrote on social media that “anti-ICE radicals” were trying hard to “demonize US law enforcement.”
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New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira during batting practice before the Toronto Blue Jays game at Rogers Center on May 31, 2016. (Nick Turchiaro/USA Today Sports)
“We need to stand up for ICE officers and law enforcement against these dangerous threats,” the former MLB first baseman wrote in a post on X.
DHS warned that AI videos shared online cause more harm.
“THE FACT: these vile smears and lies are fueling the 1000% increase in assaults and nearly 8000% increase in death threats against our brave @ICEgov officers,” the agency said.
“Those SICKOS spreading this filth need to stop before they get someone killed.”
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons warned in July that AI technology could lead to security risks for agents.
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New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira in the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on May 18, 2016. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)
“If legislation is passed to try to expose ICE agents not being allowed to carry them, it risks agitators, different groups, you know, these fringe organizations that are using reverse technology, AI, to try to dox their families, try to get their identities, their home addresses,” Lyons told Pakinomist Digital at the time. “We have heard elected officials say there should be no rest for ICE agents or their families.
“So, they’re definitely concerned about that. They’re also concerned about their own well-being when they go out to make these arrests, because now we have to send more officers out into the communities because where we used to be able to send four or five to make arrests, now we had to send up to eight or 10 just to protect the four that make the arrests of a single person.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a detained immigrant into an elevator after he left an immigration courtroom on June 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, File)
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Teixeira launched his campaign for Texas’ 21st Congressional District in August. It followed Rep. Chip Roy’s decision not to seek re-election.
