Doctored image shows ICE arresting man wearing 'Latinos for Trump' T-shirt
The claim: Image shows ICE arresting man wearing 'Latinos for Trump' shirt
A Jan. 28 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) appears to show three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escorting a man with bound wrists wearing a shirt that reads 'Latinos for Trump 2024" on it.
'Be careful what you wish for,' the post's caption reads.
The post received more than 1,000 likes in a day. Similar versions also circulated widely on Instagram.
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The image, which was published in 2018, was digitally edited to add the slogan to the man's shirt and to change the acronym on the agents' vests.
No slogan on man's shirt in original image from 2018
President Donald Trump marked the start of his second term by following through on the crackdown on immigration he promised during the campaign, with an increasing number of raids across the U.S. targeting those in the country illegally. ICE, which is publicizing its daily totals, has arrested more than 4,500 people since Jan. 23, USA TODAY reported.
The man shown in the Instagram image, however, is not part of that tally. That image predates the current immigration actions by six years and was doctored to add the pro-Trump slogan to his shirt.
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The original image was published by Getty Images in June 2018 with a caption crediting it to an ICE photographer and indicating it shows Homeland Security Investigations agents arresting people at the Fresh Mark meat processing plant in Salem, Ohio. In the image, the back of the man's shirt is blank and the acronym shown on the agents' vests reads 'HSI' not 'ICE.' Other elements visible in both images, including the white pickup truck and the procession of other detainees in the background, are identical.
According to a statement from ICE at the time, 146 employees were arrested following a yearlong HSI investigation into allegations the company hired immigrants in the country illegally, with some of them accused of using false identification. Fresh Mark was fined $3.7 million in December 2024 after it entered into a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors and its hiring manager pleaded guilty to charges of identity theft and making false statements on immigration forms.
USA TODAY previously debunked false claims that ICE offered a $750 reward for reporting 'illegal immigrants' through a tip line and that an executive order from former President Joe Biden granted citizenship to 1 million immigrants in the country illegally.
USA TODAY reached out to multiple Instagram users who shared the image. One of the users told USA TODAY he did not think it was authentic when he shared it.
Snopes and AFP also debunked the claim.
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