ICE Agents Posing as Utility Workers Raises 4th Amendment Protection Concerns
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents reportedly impersonated Tucson Electric Power workers on May 28 in a Tucson neighborhood while seeking undocumented residents.
- The impersonation occurred amid raised ICE arrest quotas and a rescinded DHS policy that had limited ICE activity in sensitive locations like courthouses.
- Neighbors, including Christine Cariño, confronted the agents after suspecting their identity and warned a targeted undocumented man, who narrowly avoided detention.
- Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs called the impersonation tactic "very concerning," said agents follow agency orders, and noted limited state legal options to intervene.
- TEP condemned unauthorized impersonations, urged customers to check employee badges and logos, and the incident raised fears about privacy and disrupted utility worker access.
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Gov. Hobbs says immigration officers impersonating utility workers is 'concerning'
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is now weighing in on a story KGUN 9 first reported last week involving men who neighbors believed were posing as Tucson Electric Power (TEP) workers in a neighborhood on Tucson's Southside. According to the neighbors, the men initially presented themselves as workers with the utility company, but one of the men eventually shared he was a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent.Gov. Hobbs attended an event Wedne…

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ICE agents posing as utility workers raises 4th Amendment protection concerns
An apparent immigration operation in Arizona appeared to use the type of deceptive tactics that were the subject of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed in California in 2020.
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