Overview
- Federal judges in Fort Worth on Tuesday handed down a combined roughly 450 years in prison to eight people convicted over a July 4, 2025, confrontation at the Prairieland ICE detention center, with Benjamin Hanil Song sentenced to 100 years for attempted murder and related terrorism charges.
- Jurors earlier convicted the defendants on a majority of counts that included providing material support to terrorists, rioting with intent to commit violence, possession of explosives and conspiracies tied to weapons and documents.
- Prosecutors presented evidence of tactical planning at the scene, including multiple firearms, body armor, commercial‑style first‑aid kits, explosives‑related counts, encrypted messages and the use of Faraday bags to avoid phone tracking.
- Defendants and their lawyers deny formal affiliation with antifa and say they went to support detainees, and civil‑liberties groups warn that applying terrorism statutes to loosely organized protest networks could chill lawful dissent.
- Several co‑defendants who pleaded guilty and one remaining trial defendant are due to be sentenced on July 1 and defense teams have said they will appeal, while DOJ and FBI officials have hailed the outcome as a precedent for future domestic terrorism prosecutions.