Police in Philadelphia are looking for a man pretending to be an immigrant and customs enforcement agency who robbed an auto repair shop. The crime is the latest in a series of incidents in multiple cities, including people who pretended to be ice workers to commit the crime.
Fox 29 reported Police said the man posed as a police officer while wearing a tactical vest and a shirt labeled “security.” He claims to be an ice agent, and Zip tied the cashier’s wrist. This is a woman from the Dominican Republic who has been a legal resident of the United States for over 18 years.
The man then stole $1,000 from the cash-only business.
Two men from South Carolina in February Arrested He was accused of impersonating an ICE officer. They accused a Latinx man of driving a pickup truck and told him he was planning to send him back to Mexico.
Similarly, Florida men I harassed Latino immigrants in April mistakenly claimed he was an ice officer. The man demanded that the immigrants prove their status and threatened to expel them. Other ice spoofing incidents have occurred at Temple University in Florida, California and Philadelphia.
The impersonation scheme is a sufficient issue with California Attorney General Rob Bonta giving a warning to the public.
“We received reports of individuals trying to capitalize on the fear and uncertainty created by President Trump’s inhumane deportation policy,” Bonta said in the march. press release. “Let’s be clear. If you are seeking fraud or trying to take advantage of the California immigrant community, we will be accountable.”
The crime occurred during push On the rise in immigrant arrests and deportations by President Donald Trump and key members of his team, such as advisor Stephen Miller, an architect of Trump’s racist anti-immigration policies. Ice agents whose faces are often obscure, according to the order, People who have been accused They don’t identify themselves, detain community members and leave the streets without being deported.
Despite public protests about tactics of scoundrels, Republican leaders like House Speaker Mike Johnson have Revealed support For masked aid. I have Trump I complained They demanded that protesters wearing masks be arrested while assisting masked ice agents.
What is the push to get more attacks and more led to ongoing protests Los Angeles is currently spreading to other cities.
Criminal elements use Trump’s embrace for these authoritarian techniques Yet another way That crime is made possible by Trump’s actions.
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Instead of instructing the government to fight crime in traditional ways, Trump pushed the false narrative that immigration crime is more problematic than a threat in his country. The pivot provided the necessary excuses for cosplayers to take away more auto repair shops, harass innocent people, and continue to terrify their communities.
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