Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, labeling them as “invented, counterfeit, and wannabe law enforcement.” She argued that ICE’s operations breach not only “legal law” but also “moral law.”

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issued a stern warning, stating that any law enforcement officers committing crimes in Philadelphia would face arrest and prosecution.

“I stand with the DA,” Bilal affirmed. “You don’t want to mess with us because we will retaliate,” she added. Taking a jab at then-President Donald Trump, she cautioned that “the criminal in the White House won’t be able to prevent” ICE agents from being imprisoned.

Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal addressed the public during a press conference in Philadelphia on Thursday, September 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Fox News Digital contacted the Department of Homeland Security for a statement on Friday.

Bilal has previously been slammed with allegations of wild offenses ranging from spending department money on promotional items like trading cards with her likeness to having bogus news stories about her being generated by AI.

Bilal and Krasner’s comments on Thursday came after an ICE agent fatally shot a driver in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

DHS indicated that the shooting was in self-defense but some have decried the officer’s action.

“Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism,” DHS noted in a Wednesday post on X.

“An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots,” DHS asserted. “The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased.”