An image shared on X claims to show a man with a “Latinos for Trump” shirt arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Make stupid decisions and you could win stupid prizes! #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsRacist pic.twitter.com/rsHp7GEDVR
— Silene (@Zole32) January 28, 2025
Verdict: False
The image has been digitally altered. The original image does not have any political messaging.
Fact Check:
ICE, under the new Trump administration, has ramped up its deportation operations, arresting thousands in the last week, according to USA Today. (RELATED: Facebook Post Makes False Claim About Musk, Boeing Starliner Astronauts)
Social media users are claiming to show an image of a Latino Trump supporter being arrested by ICE agents. One user wrote, “Make stupid decisions and you could win stupid prizes! #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace #TrumpIsRacist.”
This claim is false. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found that the image has been published since 2019. The original image shows there is no political messaging on the shirt of the man being arrested by ICE.
The image has been published by outlets such as the Guardian and NPR. The image description on NPR states the image was taken in 2018.
“Here, special agents with Homeland Security Investigations lead a worker away from a workplace raid in Ohio in 2018, part of a string of such operations during the Trump administration,” reads part of the image description.
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