Overview
- Fox News contributor Dave Marcus warned of 'organized gangs of wine moms' using 'antifa tactics' to harass ICE, a claim amplified by outlets like PJ Media and echoed by on-air commentary from Will Cain.
- Michelle Goldberg ridiculed the storyline in her New York Times column, describing it as an effort to manufacture a domestic threat after Renee Good was shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
- Goldberg cited an Economist/YouGov poll reporting that most Americans saw video of the shooting, only 30 percent deemed it justified, and a plurality viewed ICE as making cities less safe with more support than opposition for abolishing the agency.
- Her column also asserted that the Justice Department pushed a criminal probe of Good's partner that prompted six federal prosecutors to resign, presenting it as part of a broader bid to justify a crackdown.
- Conservative commentary labeled anti-ICE activism an 'insurgency' as Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, while Homeland Security reported an agent was assaulted during an arrest and fired a leg shot, followed by a protest where fireworks were thrown.