A shocking video out of Lynwood, California, is going viral after ICE agents were caught on camera attempting to force their way into a local barbershop, reportedly without a warrant, even going so far as to threaten the shop owner’s parents. The footage, shared to X, shows heavily armed ICE agents in tactical gear pounding on the glass doors of the barbershop, demanding entry. When the owner refused to open as they allegedly did not have a warrant, tensions escalated.
One agent could be heard shouting, “I’m going to go get your dad and I’m going to get your mom!” A witness quickly pushed back, “Y’all can’t tell him that, though. His mom?” But the agent doubled down, responding, “Yes, we can. That’s how we do.”
ICE Agents Confront Barbershop in Lynwood, California
As word spread, members of the Lynwood community began to gather outside the shop. In additional footage, locals can be seen confronting the agents and demanding they leave. Eventually, the officers backed off and left the scene without making any arrests. One viral caption summed it up, “The people of Lynwood came out and chased ICE away from the barbershop. No one was allowed to be kidnapped today.”
The video sparked immediate outrage across social media, with many blasting ICE’s tactics as unlawful and abusive. “The fact that they think they can break into areas without a warrant should bother people. There are laws for a reason. What’s the point of laws or rights, when goons in masks can disregard them with no accountability?” one comment read. Another wrote, “Unlawful. Un-American. And utterly disgusting.”
“ICE can’t follow the laws… you can’t break into private property man without a dayum warrant. Jesus. But guess what? There are no checks and balances with ICE agents so they out here reckless,” someone added. Others didn’t hold back, calling the agents “masked f-cks threatening a barber” and labeling them “cowardly pricks” under the hashtag “#cowardICE.“
The confrontation has reignited national debates over ICE’s controversial methods and the question of accountability. Many online pointed out the chilling nature of threatening a person’s family to gain compliance. “This is pure evil,” one user wrote. “They have no warrant, trying to enter private property.”
