DHS accuses Hollywood stars of using influence, social media to spread falsehoods about ICE raids

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DHS accuses Hollywood stars of using influence, social media to spread falsehoods about ICE raids

A new Pew Research study that finds over half of U.S. adults, 54%, say they sometimes or often get news from social media
By Amanda Head

Published: June 19, 2025 11:00pm

Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin is pushing back on some of Hollywood's biggest and most influential stars using their social media accounts to disseminate false and misleading information about the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles.

Among them is actress Eva Longoria, who in an Instagram post last week said the ICE raids are taking place in elementary schools and at graduation ceremonies.

"These round-ups are happening in birthday parties, in elementary school graduations, Home Depot," said Longoria, who has 10.6 million followers. "Those are not criminals and I hope that everybody has more compassion for this issue and realizes we have industries dependent on immigrant labor."

Just The News recently asked McLaughlin whether the ICE raids are indeed taking place in the locations Longoria listed, to which she replied: "It's not happening. But if you are an MS-13 gang member, if you are a violent criminal alien, and you try to seek safe harbor in a church or a courthouse or a kindergarten classroom, we will come and get you.

"But to create this fear-mongering that we've seen from Eva Longoria, we've seen from Sabrina Carpenter and the who's who of Gen Z, it's just baloney."

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https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/celebrity-disinformation-pushes-false-narrative-ice-raids

[Hoodat]

Without lies, leftists would have nothing to say.

[Sighlass]

If they are illegal, I don't care if they're arrested hospital/church/school/home restrooms while sitting on the throne.

[DefiantMassRINO]

ICE rounded people up in front of a school as children were arriving for the day.  Those young, impressionable minds got to see jack-booted, Government thuggery first hand.

Reminiscent of overhanded IRS, ATF, and FBI tacticts of 80's and 90's that led to Ruby Ridge, Waco, and the Oklahoma City federal building bombing.

The use of conspicuous use of un-uniformed agents in unmarked vehicles is dangerous as they could easily be mistaken for criminal gang members.

Is ICE charging any of the business owners that are illegally employing illegal occupants?  Previous crackdowns on places of employment have had the desired effect of discouraging illegal immigration and encouraged some illegals to return home voluntarily.

I-9's should be required for persons to obtain Federal welfare benefits.  Welfare queen is kinda a job.

https://www.actonexchange.org/unmarked-cars-masked-agents-ice-operations-spark-fear-and-outrage-in-acton-and-boxborough/
Unmarked cars, masked agents: ICE operations spark fear and outrage in Acton and Boxborough

June 7, 2025
by Greg Jarboe

... On Friday, May 30, 2025, Acton Select Board Vice Chair Alissa Nicol witnessed what appeared to be an ICE operation unfolding on Massachusetts Avenue (Route 111), just east of VillageWorks. “I was on my way to the water district headquarters Friday morning and witnessed this scene on Mass Ave,” Nicol recounted. She described masked men in unmarked vehicles detaining individuals. By the time she parked and walked across the street, the vehicles were already turning around to leave, heading west. At least three buses carrying elementary school students passed the scene during the operation. Nicol told the Acton Exchange that when she went to work later at the Merriam School, she learned that a student had needed to process the event with a school counselor. ...