Left-wingers are trying to push an anti-ICE narrative. Here are the facts they don’t want you to know.
While some are quick to push anti-ICE narratives, DHS has fact-checked many of the claims being spread online and in the media.
As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues Operation Metro Surge, the immigration enforcement effort continues to generate significant national media attention. In Minnesota, Operation Metro Surge is essentially the only thing local media is discussing.
Federal authorities have said Operation Metro Surge is intended to apprehend “the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.” To that end, DHS has published lists of the individuals that have been arrested since Operation Metro Surge began in December.
According to DHS, the lists includes criminal illegal aliens from a variety of countries who are convicted sex offenders, violent criminals, drug traffickers, and others.
However, Democrats and left-wingers say the purpose of the operation is to target ethnic minorities for deportation, and many individuals and groups have amplified allegations that ICE is mistreating people.
While some are quick to push anti-ICE narratives, DHS has fact-checked many of the claims being spread online and in the media.
Ilhan Omar and KARE 11
Yesterday, KARE 11 published a story in which officials from the Columbia Heights School District claimed that a 5-year-old preschool student was detained by ICE. That claim was amplified by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar who said, “ICE just detained a 5-year-old child. Don’t tell us this is about ‘the worst of the worst.’ That’s a lie. Absolutely vile.”
However, DHS responded to this story and said the child was not targeted, but was instead abandoned by an illegal alien from Ecuador who ICE was pursuing. DHS said, “Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, fled on foot—abandoning his child. For the child’s safety, one of our ICE officers remained with the child while the other officers apprehended Conejo Arias.”
In a statement issued this afternoon, DHS said, “Our officers made multiple attempts to get the mother inside the house to take custody of her child. Officers even assured her that they would NOT take her into custody. She refused to accept custody of the child. The father told officers he wanted the child to remain with him.”
DHS noted that parents get to choose if they want to be deported with their child, or if they want their child to be placed with a person chosen by the parent.
“Our officers’ primary concern during the entire operation was the safety and welfare of the child,” added DHS. “Following the mother’s abandonment of the child, officers abided by the father’s wishes to keep the child with him. Father and son are together at Dilley.”
The Minnesota DFL
In a social media post, the Minnesota DFL shared a video of a man being arrested by law enforcement. The DFL claimed that “Unidentified, masked men (we assume ICE agents) are now invading restrooms, stealing IDs, and disappearing people in Clearwater MN.”
A DHS spokesperson addressed this claim, saying, “ICE is NOT ‘disappearing’ people. When our heroic law enforcement officers conduct operations, they clearly identify themselves as law enforcement while wearing masks to protect themselves and their families from being targeted.”
The DHS spokesperson also said the man in the video was Manjinder Singh, “an illegal alien from India who admitted to officers that he entered the U.S. illegally. He received full due process, was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge in April 2022.”
ChongLy Scott Thao
One incident that received significant media attention was an ICE operation in St. Paul where a U.S. citizen was detained and walked outside while wearing only a pair of shorts. Images of ChongLy Scott Thao being escorted into freezing temperatures drew rebuke from DFLers.
However, federal officials have since said ICE agents were looking for two sex offenders at that time and were directed to a house where they found Thao. Per federal officials, Thao matched a description of one of the wanted parties but refused to identify himself.
Border Czar Tom Homan explained that Thao was detained only until ICE could verify his identity. Homan also noted that ICE has the authority to detain a U.S. citizen if they have probable cause of a crime.
A statement from Thao’s family rejected the federal authorities’ description of the event and claimed “ICE agents did not ask for identification.”
Brooklyn Park Police Chief
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley claimed that an off-duty officer with his agency was stopped by ICE. Bruley identified the officer as “a person of color” and said the officer tried to record the encounter with her phone, but ICE knocked the phone away.
Bruley, who said ICE had their weapons drawn during the encounter, claimed the agents departed after the officer informed them she was a Brooklyn Park police officer.
In a statement to Alpha News, a DHS spokesperson said, “DHS is able to find no record of ICE or Border Patrol stopping and questioning a police officer. Without a name, we cannot verify these claims. We will continue to look into these claims.”
President of Oglala Sioux Tribe
Earlier this month, President Frank Star Comes Out of the Oglala Sioux Tribe claimed he heard that several members of his tribe were arrested by ICE and transferred to an ICE detention facility in Fort Snelling, Minn. He also said DHS refused to provide information about the detained individuals unless the tribe entered into an “immigration agreement.”
Just two days after making that claim, Star Comes Out was walking it back.
According to the Associated Press, the tribal president published an updated memo saying his prior statement had been “misinterpreted” and the federal government did not try to extract an immigration agreement from the tribe.
The updated memo said “we are working with Tribal, State, and Federal officials” to verify if tribal members were arrested by ICE.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported that “[DHS] said it can’t verify claims that any of their officers arrested or ‘even encountered’ members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe or found anyone in their detention centers claiming to be a tribal member. They denied asking the tribe for any kind of agreement.”
The Minnesota DFL (again)
Also this month, a viral video spread online which showed a man with an alleged “Nazi SS tattoo on his neck” in Minneapolis. The video’s title described the man as an “ICE agent.”
On Jan. 9, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the man “is NOT an ICE officer or agent. He was and NEVER has been employed by ICE.”
“This type of garbage is contributing to ICE officers facing a 1,300% increase in assaults against them, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats as they put their lives on the line every day to defend the lives of American citizens,” added McLaughlin.
Despite DHS debunking that misinformation, the Minnesota DFL put out a social media poston Jan 15 which mocked ICE agents, claimed the man with the alleged Nazi tattoo was an ICE agent, and made fun of an agent for slipping and falling while running down a street.
Woman pulled from car
A woman in Minneapolis received national media attention after ICE broke her car window and pulled her out of her vehicle. While being pulled from the car, the woman shouted that she was “an autistic disabled person” and was trying to go to the doctor.
The video of the incident was met with outrage from left-wingers who said the agents were ignoring what the woman was saying. However, the Associated Press reported that DHS “said she was an agitator who was obstructing ICE agents conducting arrest in the area.”
The New York Post has reported that the woman is a racial justice and LGBT activist.
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If anyone believes this I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell. Posted by Bob
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