The headquarters of the Republican Party of New Mexico was set on fire on Sunday and "ICE=KKK" spray painted on the building in what the party called "a deliberate act of arson."

The entrance to the Republican Party of New Mexico’s headquarters was set on fire and defaced with graffiti in an alleged arson attack Sunday morning, authorities and Republican officials said. The Albuquerque Fire Department has opened an arson investigation after flames broke out at the site just before 6 a.

New Mexico GOP chairwoman Amy Barela criticized rhetoric from Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández despite Fernández publicly condemning an alleged arson attack on GOP headquarters.