India, Dec. 10 -- A pair of New Jersey twins have been arrested after federal authorities say they issued graphic threats against a senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official and urged followers online to "shoot ICE on sight."

The brothers, Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores, both US citizens from Absecon, were taken into custody after DHS and the Absecon Police Department SWAT team executed a search and arrest warrant on Tuesday, according to a DHS press release issued December 9.

Federal officials said the threats were posted amid a sharp surge in violent rhetoric targeting immigration officers nationwide. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons warned that the agency has documented an "8,000% increase in death thr...