In short
The episode claims that during Halloween weekend, ICE and immigration enforcement under Donald Trump escalated into “total havoc,” including alleged assaults, detentions, and shootings. The host shows multiple purported videos from places including Salt Lake City, Evanston, Gurney (Illinois), Cicero (Illinois), and Durango (Colorado), plus an Arizona traffic stop in Phoenix, and a Northern California case involving an ICE contractor. Key claims include: a mother detained despite having work authorization; agents shooting into a vehicle; pepper spray/rubber bullets used on protesters; children allegedly separated and held undisclosed; an ICE officer firing twice at an SUV; and a deported mother of eight suing over alleged sexual harassment by an ICE contractor.
Notable examples
the Durango protest where police say federal agents blocked entry, and the Phoenix case where DHS says the driver drove away and an agent feared for life. No guests are named; the only identified person is a referenced expert, Michael Giannaco (former DOJ prosecutor/law enforcement practice expert).
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOTrump's Actions and ICE Operations
1:05 to 2:13
A discussion on Trump's recent actions and the implications of ICE operations.
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Trump's Actions and ICE Operations
4:40 to 14:03
A discussion on Trump's recent actions and the implications of ICE operations.
“The agent became flustered when she couldn't repeat the number, then just lunged at her, said her daughter.”
Protests Erupt Over ICE Detention
14:03 to 15:00
Learn about the protests in Durango following the detention of a father and his children.
“the tense moments that unfolded there this afternoon.”
Clash Between Protesters and Law Enforcement
15:00 to 15:51
Understand the physical confrontations between protesters and law enforcement during the ICE incident.
“The center also reporting that the children were separated from their father and taken to an undisclosed location.”
ICE Shooting Incident in Phoenix
15:51 to 17:04
Explore a separate incident where ICE agents shot a man during a traffic stop.
“The police chief, Chief Bryce Current, stated in part, quote, In moments like these, our duty is not only to uphold the law, but to preserve our humanity.”
Questions Surrounding Use of Force
17:04 to 19:11
Investigate the concerns regarding the lack of transparency in ICE's use of deadly force.
“The FBI is currently looking into what led an ICE officer to fire his weapon twice at this SUV in the North Valley.”
Sexual Abuse Allegations Against ICE Agents
19:11 to 21:48
Hear about a mother's allegations of sexual abuse against ICE agents following her deportation.
“Now, if you would like to read the full statement for both DHS and the FBI, head on over to our website, azfamily.com.”
Kristi Noem's Controversial Response
21:48 to 24:44
Examine Kristi Noem's statements about immigration enforcement in response to community safety concerns.
“While all of this is taking place, the ringleader, the war criminal, Kristi Noem, had the following to say when she was asked if American citizens are being targeted as well.”
Kristi Noem's Controversial Response
24:58 to 25:08
Examine Kristi Noem's statements about immigration enforcement in response to community safety concerns.
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Transcript
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3:06Ben Meiselas:Complete and total havoc breaking out over Halloween weekend as Donald Trump ordered his Gestapo, his ICE agents, to accelerate their assault, attacks, invasions across the United States. Folks, we have it all caught on tape. Can you do me this favor? Please share this video with as many people as you can. It is critical that we let people know in this country and the rest of the world know what is really happening in the United States of America as Donald Trump is turning our peaceful cities, communities and towns into absolute war zones so he can create a pretext to further invade with the United States military, the most despicable and vile individual.
3:48Ben Meiselas:in the history of the United States. Frankly, this is what just went down at a Salt Lake City airport where ICE disappeared. A woman perhaps to a concentration camp who was at a Utah airport. This was a mother of four. She was legally here in the United States with a work permit at the time. Here play this clip.
4:34Ben Meiselas:Now in this next video, I'm going to show you ice violently detained a mother driving her daughter to school for not having her social security memorized. The agent became flustered when she couldn't repeat the number, then just lunged at her, said her daughter. She showed agents her work permit, her social security card, her driver's license, and car registration. They arrested her anyway. I want this video out there because I want my mother home, explained her 16 year old daughter play this clip.
5:33Ben Meiselas:In this next video, I'm going to share with you. Ice agents shoot into the windshield of a mother screaming. I have my car. I have my kids in my car. My kids are in my car and they just start shooting at her. Here, play this clip.
6:05I warned you. I warned you. I'm not warning you. I'm not warning you. Do not hurt me. No, I'm not warning you.
6:23Ben Meiselas:Now, here's another very disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people are yelling, I can't, he can't breathe. He can't breathe. Here, play this clip.
7:15Ben Meiselas:Next, here is one of the thousands of operations that ICE is launching at elementary schools because they want to torture children. They specifically want to prey on children in order to cause terror in communities. Here, ICE nearly hit the parents and kids who are by the elementary school to pick up their children during a reckless high-speed chase in a school parking lot. And then they attempt to pepper spray the teacher who was helping students. They almost hit me and my daughter three separate times, said a witness. Flying cars through school parking lots is not okay. This not only put our staff and our teachers in danger, but our students, explained Caitlin Christine on Instagram.
7:58Ben Meiselas:program. This took place at a high school in Gurney, Illinois. Play this clip.
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8:36this is insane
9:09At the Warren Township Oakland campus, you have immigration officers trying to to spray your teachers.
9:19Okay, it's the, your south end of the building. The south end of the building, you have immigration officers trying to spray your teachers and staff. And they're flying with cars while they're students.
9:45Ben Meiselas:And with this next clip, I'm going to show you it's at Maynard's in a parking lot in Cicero, Illinois. The Maynard's staff or the corporate office told their employees, delete these videos, delete these videos, but the videos show ICE agents hiding there with their batons and weapons, shattering truck windows, dragging people out, detaining him, putting him in unmarked cars, likely sending him to concentration camps in the United States. Play this clip.
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10:53That's bullshit. Show your face, though. Show your face, though. Show your face, though. How's your name? I'm a man. I'm a man. I'm a man.
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13:22Ben Meiselas:This next video I'm going to show you involves a story about ICE detaining both father and kids on their way to school. They lock the kids up in a separate detention center to try to inflict extra torture on the children. ICE won't disclose where the two kids are being held after sending the father hundreds of miles away to Texas to further inflict pain and suffering on all of these involved. The local police tried to make a welfare checks, but ICE agents then blocked the police access. Watch this story. Pepper spray and rubber bullets on protesters in Durango as dozens gathered outside of an ICE facility to protest the detainment of a father and his two kids.
14:02Yeah, video capturing some of the tense moments that unfolded there this afternoon. Fox 31's Talia Cunningham has that video for us tonight. Talia. Yeah, tense is right, Jeremy. It wasn't just verbal arguments happening down in Durango. Things got physical when protesters formed a human chain blocking federal agents from leaving the building. Now, cell phone video that you see here, it captures protesters heckling the agents and the moment an agent knocks over a fire pit in response. Take a look.
14:41And the protests all stem from an incident that happened on Monday morning. A father and his two children, ages 15 and 12 years old, were detained by ICE agents on their way to school. The family is from Columbia, and according to the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, the family has strong ties to the Durango community, no criminal history, and a pending asylum case. The center also reporting that the children were separated from their father and taken to an undisclosed location. That sparked outrage that we see here from protesters Monday night and into today as they gather to demand their release.
15:13However, agents clash with protesters and at some point an officer grabbed a woman by her hair, put their hand around her neck and then shoved her to the ground. This is according to the Durango Herald. They also report that protesters were ordered to disperse and when they did not, pepper spray and rubber bullets were used. The city of Durango releasing information about recent events, stating that Durango police tried to facilitate the release of the children to their mother after receiving a report that one of the children may have been in some sort of distress and potentially experiencing abuse while detained.
15:44The city says officers attempted a welfare check and to bring the children food, but federal agents denied them entry into that facility. The police chief, Chief Bryce Current, stated in part, quote, In moments like these, our duty is not only to uphold the law, but to preserve our humanity. While we have a sworn responsibility not to interfere with federal operations, our department advocated for the children's well-being. Now, I did reach out to ICE tonight. I was still waiting to hear back. Colorado State Patrol responding to this scene, they say, only to ensure safety and did not participate in any immigration enforcement.
16:18CSP also says their role is to try to de-escalate situations like these, offer protection, and address any unlawful behavior. Troopers also tell me that they did not use any weapons or deploy any pepper spray.
16:29Ben Meiselas:This next story I'm going to share with you, you'll see ICE shooting an Arizona man during a traffic stop rushed to hospital. The video shows two bullet holes in the driver's side window, not the front windshield, where they would be if the car was driving directly at the agent. The agent says, oh, I feared for my life, but this is yet another example, it seems, of ICE recklessly shooting to kill individuals as they continue to torture our cities and communities and towns. This took place in Phoenix, Arizona. Play this clip. They're probably going to be working to see if the use of force was justified in this case.
17:04The FBI is currently looking into what led an ICE officer to fire his weapon twice at this SUV in the North Valley. You can see what appears to be bullet holes in the windshield. What would be very helpful information is whether or not there were any recorded devices like body-worn cameras that could have captured the event. I spoke with law enforcement practice expert and former DOJ prosecutor Michael Giannaco on the intense incident that shut down part of the I-17. My experience has been that when a use of deadly force involves a federal agent or officer, that the level of transparency is significantly less than when a Phoenix police officer, for example, would use deadly force.
17:52According to the Department of Homeland Security, ICE pulled over that SUV around 4 in the morning. They say the driver initially stopped but started to drive away as ICE agents approached his car. Their statement says an ICE agent was in the SUV's path and feared for his life and fired his weapon twice. It goes on to read in part, resisting arrest puts the safety of illegal aliens, law enforcement, and the public at risk. It would be interesting to know what training or policies exist with regard to shooting into vehicles that are fleeing. The suspect, identified as Jose Garcia Sorto from Honduras, is here illegally, according to DHS.
18:28They say he was injured and taken to a hospital. The ICE agent that fired his weapon was also transported for evaluation. Giannaco says body-worn cameras are critical for investigations like this to go smoothly. It would mean that the significant deficit of information would not be available to the FBI or others entrusted to do this investigation. And that's, that deficit I think is significant because instead of having otherwise, eyes. All you have is relying on, you know, what the agent said. ICE policy shows agents are required to wear body-worn cams and activate them at the start of any activity.
19:04We do not know at this time if the agent's body camera was activated. Now, if you would like to read the full statement for both DHS and the FBI, head on over to our website, azfamily.com. We do know that a vigil will be held at the ICE field office in Phoenix later on this evening. We have a crew heading there and we'll bring you the latest when they get there. For now, live in the North Valley, I'm Stephen Sarabia with Arizona's Family.
19:29Ben Meiselas:The next story I'm going to share with you involves a mother of eight who's charged ICE agents with sexually abusing her and sexually abusing people the very next day she was deported. Play this clip. A Northern California woman who recently filed a civil lawsuit accusing an ICE contractor of sexual harassment has now been deported. And now her attorneys are questioning the timing. KCRE3's Andrea Flores is here with what we've learned. Tonight, her lawyers are telling us her civil case will move forward and they're hoping to bring her back to the United States. Sylvia Reyna Mendoza is a mother of eight who has lived in the U.S.
20:05for nearly 40 years. We spoke with two of her children last week after she filed a civil lawsuit in Sacramento County. Reyna Mendoza was in the country illegally. Her status required her to be monitored by BI Incorporated, which contracts with ICE. Now, according to the lawsuit, her specialist, Luis Ruiz, sent her sexually explicit text messages and videos. Now, the lawsuit says when she reported that behavior to a supervisor, no action was taken. Our story aired on Thursday night and her lawyer says she was deported by Friday morning. It's obviously very, very suspicious because all along the defendants that we are suing have been working very hard to cover up the sexual harassment.
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20:56We're still investigating this. We want all the facts to come out and we want the individuals who have harmed her to be brought to justice. Her immigration attorneys believe she was illegally deported, claiming she had an emergency stay on her case. We did reach shout to federal immigration officials and we have not yet heard back. Meantime, the company, BI Incorporated, says it takes all allegations of sexual harassment very seriously and will thoroughly investigate all of those complaints. I guess people may be wondering, though, how this affects the case now that she's been deported. What does that mean for the lawsuit?
21:32Yeah, that's a great question. Of course, the attorneys are vowing that this case will continue, even if she has to be part of these proceedings virtually, since she is not here in the United States. The defendants have not yet filed a response in the case yet, but we will keep following this story.
21:48Ben Meiselas:While all of this is taking place, the ringleader, the war criminal, Kristi Noem, had the following to say when she was asked if American citizens are being targeted as well. And people here legally play this clip. There's no American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those that are here illegally. And anything that you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting. And in response to Illinois Governor Pritzker asking her, please, on Halloween weekend, can you not terrorize our communities? Just let our kids have a little bit of rest.
22:22Ben Meiselas:Kristi Noem, almost the way Putin says that he's trying to denot, very similar. Putin says he's trying to denazify Ukraine. That's why they had to kidnap tens of thousands of Ukrainian children because they were protecting the children is what Putin said when they were kidnapping, sexually torturing the children. Kristi Noem is saying over here that she's just protecting the children. This is about protection and the kids need to be tortured for their own protection, Kristi Noem says. Here, play this clip. Quick final question following up on Chicago, because I know that there are a lot of Chicagoans talking about this right now because there is a lot of ICE activity, obviously, in that city.
23:02And you are making the case, obviously, rightly so. But the governor has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in that city. So he says that kids can safely celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow on that day? No, we're going to be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe. Every day in Chicago, we're arresting murderers, child pedophiles, those who have perpetuated assault and pornography against children. We're going to be out there to make sure that they can be safe, enjoy the holidays, spend some time with their families and their neighbors and their communities.
23:44And they don't have to be the victim of a crime because of these illegal aliens that are in our country victimizing them.
23:51Ben Meiselas:Well, there you have it, folks. We need you to share this with as many people, please. When this video ends, send this to anybody you know. They need to see what's really happening in the United States of America right now. And these videos are chronicling this time period where Donald Trump has basically turned the United States into a fascist country. And we need to stand. The resistance needs to be strong. But part of that is getting out the info and the data. So please get this out to as many people as you can. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers so we can keep getting the word out.
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