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riversedge

(79,073 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 03:37 PM Aug 2025

Multiple Men Have Impersonated ICE Agents To Kidnap And Assault Women

Source: huff Post



In a letter shared with HuffPost, the Democratic Women’s Caucus urged DHS to mandate ICE agents to “visibly and clearly identify themselves" when making arrests.


Alanna Vagianos Aug 11, 2025, 02:00 PM EDT

House Democrats are urging the Department of Homeland Security to mandate that immigration officials clearly identify themselves when conducting arrests. The demand comes in the wake of multiple reports of men impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to kidnap and assault women.

The Democratic Women’s Caucus demanded action in a Monday letter sent to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials. The letter, signed by 33 DWC members and shared exclusively with HuffPost, urges ICE agents to “visibly and clearly identify themselves when conducting immigration enforcement activities to stop enabling impersonators who leverage women’s uncertainty and fear of immigration consequences to rape, harass, and abuse them.” ..........................


..............President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda has increased barbaric immigration enforcement all over the country. ICE agents are often seen conducting raids fully masked, without proper identification and wearing plain clothes — making it increasingly hard to identify who is carrying out arrests. ................


Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/multiple-men-have-impersonated-ice-agents-to-kidnap-and-assault-women_n_689a19a2e4b07a70fa09262d



Trump and his gang will ignore the letter or just make up some lousy statement



Federal agents working for ICE detain immigrants and asylum-seekers reporting for immigration court proceedings in New York City on July 24, 2025.DOMINIC GWINN via Getty Images


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Multiple Men Have Impersonated ICE Agents To Kidnap And Assault Women (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2025 OP
Who didn't see that coming? MLWR Aug 2025 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Aug 2025 #8
Yup, another for Condoleezza Rice's "nobody could have predicted..." file. (n/t) thesquanderer Aug 2025 #9
Who could have possibly foreseen this? Midnight Writer Aug 2025 #2
IMO, they don't care. sheshe2 Aug 2025 #5
Seconded. They don't care. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #6
IMO, this is the purpose. Terrorize the population. erronis Aug 2025 #13
What a horrible country he has created. Full of fear and violence against mostly defenseless people. Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #3
Stevie Wonder could've seen this coming Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #4
Here ya go - KT2000 Aug 2025 #7
Since women are now required to carry their rapists' baby, there's another potential fascist thug introduced into the NBachers Aug 2025 #10
Disturbing and disgusting ck4829 Aug 2025 #11
They didn't mention murder... littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 #12
With the fake gold-plated badge (hidden), lots of camo and armament, this is an invite erronis Aug 2025 #14
Women (especially minority women) should always carry a spray can of mace and use it FakeNoose Aug 2025 #15
I am 100% NOT SURPRISED. It was an absolutely foreseeable result of the setup... Hekate Aug 2025 #16
Well at least there are no trans folks in congressional bathrooms! nt Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #17
How would we know they are impersonators? Marcuse Aug 2025 #18
This is a feature, not a bug electron_blue Aug 2025 #19
Not precisely on topic, but, Linda ladeewolf Aug 2025 #20
Until it hits their own house, any concern from the diaper administration will be staged. Torchlight Aug 2025 #21
That's what happens when you let ICE officials wear masks, hide badges, and arrest people without warrants. Martin68 Aug 2025 #22

MLWR

(734 posts)
1. Who didn't see that coming?
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 03:41 PM
Aug 2025

In one form or another, since there is no way to identify ICE agents, someone was going to abuse the situation and go after women, children, members of minority groups, LGBT people etc.

Response to MLWR (Reply #1)

Midnight Writer

(25,110 posts)
2. Who could have possibly foreseen this?
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 03:45 PM
Aug 2025

Oh, that's right. This old farm boy called Midnight Writer from flyover country with zero law enforcement experience predicted this months ago.

That leaves the question. Is this Administration honestly so inept that they did not see this coming, or is that this Administration doesn't care if women are raped by thugs?

From what I've seen, Administration officials are likely to be out themselves stalking women in their own cosplay ICE uniforms.

Hegseth can save money by not needing to buy roofies anymore.

sheshe2

(95,389 posts)
5. IMO, they don't care.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:29 PM
Aug 2025

They probably just consider it collateral damage or just the spoils of war.

Diamond_Dog

(39,576 posts)
3. What a horrible country he has created. Full of fear and violence against mostly defenseless people.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:09 PM
Aug 2025

I’ll bet he and all his monstrous cronies like Stephen Miller get their jollies over the thought of what they have caused.

 

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)
4. Stevie Wonder could've seen this coming
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:17 PM
Aug 2025

If hell were an actual place, I'd do everything I could to put The Felon and Möen there.

KT2000

(21,891 posts)
7. Here ya go -
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:56 PM
Aug 2025

get your bullet proof vest. If someone just paints ICE or POLICE on the vest they are good to go. But the truth is - women are relearning their place.

https://bulletproofzone.com/collections/bulletproof-vests

NBachers

(19,111 posts)
10. Since women are now required to carry their rapists' baby, there's another potential fascist thug introduced into the
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 05:48 PM
Aug 2025

population.

erronis

(22,384 posts)
14. With the fake gold-plated badge (hidden), lots of camo and armament, this is an invite
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 06:39 PM
Aug 2025

for all wannabe thugs and people that failed out of the LEO tests.

Not that real LEO are absent from the types that enjoy violence including spousal, child, etc.

FakeNoose

(39,874 posts)
15. Women (especially minority women) should always carry a spray can of mace and use it
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:24 PM
Aug 2025

Spray first, ask questions later.

Hekate

(100,131 posts)
16. I am 100% NOT SURPRISED. It was an absolutely foreseeable result of the setup...
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 09:00 PM
Aug 2025

A chapter pre-written in the American War on Women

electron_blue

(3,618 posts)
19. This is a feature, not a bug
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:33 AM
Aug 2025

All the better, from fascists' POV, if people (especially those who are not white men) are afraid to go anywhere in public.

Linda ladeewolf

(1,062 posts)
20. Not precisely on topic, but,
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:31 AM
Aug 2025

I saw a plain white van in the Joplin area at a local business, they had what looked like a Jamaican,(long hair and dreads),and several latino looking people and a couple of other people, not white, with what appeared to be their hands behind their backs. I cannot see details yet after eye surgery, just wanted fellow Missourians to know it’s here we just haven’t seen much of it yet. I strongly suspect they were ice goons. The big, fat white guy was watching them, too many steroids.

Torchlight

(6,261 posts)
21. Until it hits their own house, any concern from the diaper administration will be staged.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:41 AM
Aug 2025

If any one of them does become victimized, then and only then will it be an actual concern.

Martin68

(26,884 posts)
22. That's what happens when you let ICE officials wear masks, hide badges, and arrest people without warrants.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 08:05 PM
Aug 2025

Pure anarchy.

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