US EditionICE Uses Disguises and Fake Plates for Immigration Enforcement in Minnesota
ICE agents in Minnesota use disguises, fake license plates, and vehicles with props for enforcement amid a surge in surveillance tactics, prompting legal and community concerns.
- Recently, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota used disguises and bogus license plates during enforcement, DHS did not respond to inquiries.
- Recent weeks of activist reporting coincide with more frequent disguised encounters, supporters of the enforcement campaign say volunteer tracking pushed ICE agents to adopt new ruses, including using fake plates, in Minnesota.
- Witnesses documented ICE agents wearing high-visibility vests and spotless white hard hats, sometimes concealing tactical gear, while vehicles like pickups with lumber, stuffed animals, and Mexican flag decals left a central ICE hub, tracked in a crowdsourced vehicle database.
- Community members and immigrant residents report heightened fear and filed complaints after ICE agents used disguises and swapped license plates, raising constitutional concerns, with one antiques dealer alerting Minnesota's attorney general.
- Guidance and settlements in other states contrast with practices observed in Minnesota, where DHS did not respond to reports of ICE deception tactics including agent disguises and fake plates.
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Hard hats and dummy plates: Reports of ICE ruses add to fears in Minnesota
Legal observers and officials say they have received a growing number of reports of federal agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and in some cases anti-ICE activists in Minnesota.
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