The US is going through a series of conflicts with the new policies recently signed by the president. Among the conflicts in recent days, the number of immigrant deportations and ICE raids increased. However, some citizens who favor the deportations wanted to do their part to help the government. Many decided to start speaking out to accuse their neighbors and acquaintances whom they suspected of being immigrants. Others like this man in NYC, who went viral on TikTok because he started harassing pedestrians to show their faces so ICE would take them away. So, some citizens are also profiling people who don’t “look” like US citizens and calling ICE over them.
This all started when TikTok user yaz.nyc, shared a video where she recorded herself wearing a face mask while walking down the street. However, while she was filming on the streets of NYC, in the background, a man’s voice in the back was clearly harassing everyone in the area, shouting, “Show your face so ICE can deport you.” Many users condemn the men’s attitudes more because not only does it bother people around, but it seems that this group has found it easier to pick on women. Also, some users believe that this behavior should not be excused:
In response, yaz.nyc posted another video in which the man’s face appears along with his group of stalkers. In this second video, the same man shows himself waving at the camera and being very proud of his pro-ICE movement. However, other comments were more focused that they found an amusing coincidence of the man’s voice:
Seeing the population so divided is somewhat worrying, but let’s hope that these difficult times will end soon. We all have the right to believe, think, and say whatever we want to, but people are suffering and facing many difficulties alone or with their families and young kids.