CNN reports:
Authorities in at least three states have arrested individuals allegedly impersonating ICE officers at a time when real ICE agents have ramped up immigration enforcement efforts under the Trump administration, adding to existing fears of law enforcement among migrant communities. In South Carolina, Sean-Michael Johnson, 33, was charged with kidnapping and impersonating a police officer after allegedly detaining a group of Latino men along a Charleston County road.
In Philadelphia, police charged a Temple University student with impersonation of ICE officers on campus. The incident involved three individuals, two wearing shirts with “Police” and “ICE” in white lettering, attempting to enter a residence hall. In Raleigh, North Carolina, Carl Thomas Bennett was arrested for impersonating an ICE officer and sexual assaulting a woman at a Motel 6 threatening to deport her if she didn’t comply, according to CNN affiliate WRAL.
Read the full article. There’s a lot more.
This is ugly, but totally predictable.
“You all got caught!”
“Where are you from, Mexico? You from Mexico? You’re going back to Mexico!”
🚨 Multiple ICE impersonation arrests made during nationwide immigration crackdown
www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/u…— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) February 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM