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Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults in several states, warns an FBI bulletin to law enforcement agencies issued last month. The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

wired.comFBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID ThemselvesIn a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

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Any numbskull would have predicted this (even I did!) the moment they started abducting people off the street with their faces covered and refusing to identify themselves while using unmarked cars.

There's no reason to assume that it's not ICE agents committing these robberies and sexual assaults. Until ICE takes steps to make it's clear who they are we should assume all crimes committed by people dressed like ICE are actually ICE.

Citing five 2025 incidents involving fake immigration officers, the bulletin says criminals are using ICE’s heightened profile to target vulnerable communities, making it harder to distinguish between lawful officers and imposters while eroding trust in law enforcement.

wired.comFBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID ThemselvesIn a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

Federal rules require immigration officers to identify themselves and state the reason for an arrest “as soon as it is practical and safe to do so.” The standard has not changed since it was codified in the 1990s, yet advocates say it is increasingly ignored.

wired.comFBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID ThemselvesIn a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

They burst into homes with no warrant & arrest people without showing ID and then wonder why they meet so much resistance. The fact is, without those things, they're indistinguishable from vigilantes or thugs, and no one should have to do anything they say. bsky.app/profile/sjon...

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Anonymous, armed people who show up without a warrant driving unmarked vehicles lacking license plates are not "officers." They're vigilantes. If you don't want to be mistaken for a vigilante, wear a badge, bring a warrant, & show your face.

“When masked federal agents conceal their identity and authority as a practice, anyone can don a mask and a gun and not be expected or required to verify their authority,” says Alycia Castillo of the Texas Civil Rights Project. Read more: www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

wired.comFBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID ThemselvesIn a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

Its just to bad all those pesty guards drive around protecting some people . deserving the mask terrorists to pull them over and disappear them to far off lands. G We can always hope for death from bad diet or getting themselves so worked up texting BS they give themself a heart attack , soon. 😆

Of course they did. This is just *now* occurring to them? Dress up like a government thug without ID and wearing a disguise? How could that *NOT* be a wide-open door for criminals? It sounds like something that a *criminal* might come up with. Say one with 34 convictions.

Here's the thing. If ANYONE comes at you with a mask on, you need to aim at their head and blow it the fk off period. I will never trust anyone who wears a mask and poses as law enforcement, ever. If they don't want to learn the easy way then the hard way it is.

you will never convince me that they didn't let this kind of thing happen on purpose, letting ICE work without identification to allow this kind of crime to happen and sow discord and fear into the entire population in order to control us.