How the Feds Might Be Creating a Civilian Militia & Infiltrating Our Local Communities

Under the banner of immigration enforcement, ICE and other federal agencies have been training civilians on deadly force tactics

We’ve all seen the videos of plain clothes “ICE agents” harassing immigrants and racially profiling anyone who isn’t white. Oddly, many of these supposed law-enforcement officers wear face coverings which is odd for so-called professionals who aren’t undercover.

We’re only 100 days into Cheeto Hitler’s presidency, and ICE scaled up awfully fast. To me, something didn’t add up, so I did my research. I wanted to understand how ICE officers are being recruited so quickly.

What I found was a little-publicized program called the Citizens Academy. The Academy has been around since the Obama Administration and was originally designed to be a public relations/propaganda initiative to curry favor for ICE and other agencies in local communities.

Based on the information I uncovered, the program is far more sinister, training citizens on the use of deadly force, firearms and immigrant raid tactics. When paired with the growing number of local law enforcement agencies participating in ICE’s 287(g) program — a program where our community police get to play Gestapo and do the feds’ bidding - we’re seeing the making of a disturbing, homegrown militia that’s spreading like cancer across our country.

Sources:

  1. ICE Job Openings. USAJobs.gov

  2. ICE Is Recruiting a ‘Civilian’ Army To Fuel Its Propaganda Machine, Detention Watch Network, July 9, 2020.

  3. ICE Citizens Academy. ICE.gov.

  4. Organized Communities Against Deportations, Immigrant Defense Project and Center for Constitutional Rights v. United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement, December 15, 2023.

  5. Organized Communities Against Deportations, Immigrant Defense Project and Center for Constitutional Rights v. United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement: Memorandum Opinion & Order, August 16, 2024.

  6. Briefing Guide: ICE Citizens Academy Program, Center for Constitutional Rights, October 1, 2024.

  7. Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration & Nationality Act. ICE.gov.

  8. Here’s Every Local Police Agency Enforcing for ICE. The Markup. April 16, 2025.

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