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A Popular Video of a Priest Blocking ICE Agents Isn’t Real

The viral video was created using AI deepfake tools and falsely shows a priest blocking ICE agents; fact-checkers found it 99.9% likely to be AI-generated.

Summary by Poynter
Social media videos of a Catholic priest turning away Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from his church are garnering support and thousands of shares, but they were generated with artificial […] The post A popular video of a priest blocking ICE agents isn’t real appeared first on Poynter.

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PolitiFact broke the news in Saint Petersburg, United States on Monday, December 8, 2025.
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