Los Angeles official warns ‘bad players’ impersonating ICE could be stoking tensions

Los Angeles official warns ‘bad players’ impersonating ICE could be stoking tensions


Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger expressed concern that nefarious actors are impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the city to “take advantage of this population.” 

On Tuesday, Barger revealed that her staffer’s godson was out driving when he was pulled over by two men in an unmarked car who told him he had a “nice truck for someone with that surname.” The pair drove away after bystanders began recording the interaction, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“I tell you this story because we don’t know if they were ICE agents or not,” Barger, a Republican, told her colleagues, suggesting that some of the masked men detaining residents across the area are not actually ICE officers.

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Barger added that she “does believe there

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