Source: Washington Post
by Philip Bump
“We’ve already seen numerous examples this year of civilians pretending to be immigration agents in order to coerce or intimidate other people. In an environment where any guy on the street could turn out to be part of an ICE or Homeland Security sting operation, such impersonations become trivially easy. But even if this weren’t a country flooded with guns and a long history of vigilantism, unidentified federal agents would be a problem precisely because they are less likely to face accountability for their actions.” [editor’s note: Even if that guy IS an “ICE officer,” he’s still just a guy with a gun. Or, to be more precise, a thug with a gun attempting to kidnap people – TLK] (05/12/25)