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"The Late Show" big Stephen Colbert questioned whether "Stand Your Ground" laws enactment masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents astatine hazard of being changeable during an interrogation with Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., connected Thursday.
As Democrats crossed the state proceed to knock the national agency's usage of masks and civilian clothing, the wide big questioned whether officers are being enactment successful information successful "Stand Your Ground" states similar Florida.
Colbert said helium was alarmed because, "it does consciousness similar kidnapping, because, arsenic you said, unmarked windowless vans volition amusement up. Men volition get retired wearing masks… nary identifying patches, bash not place themselves. They don't person badges."
"They drawback radical and enactment them successful a van, successful a authorities similar Florida that has a ‘Stand Your Ground' instrumentality and radical tin unfastened carry," helium went on. "It’s unsafe for those officers, not conscionable for the people, due to the fact that wherefore wouldn't you deliberation that you were being attacked?"
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Frost agreed with Colbert's statement that masked national agents are being enactment successful information successful "Stand Your Ground" states similar Florida.
Despite Colbert's claim, unfastened transportation is not ineligible successful Florida. It is allowed nether certain, constricted circumstances, specified arsenic hunting oregon fishing. In February 2025, however, Governor Ron DeSantis urged the legislature to enactment unfastened carry.
Earlier successful the interview, Colbert asked Frost to clarify what helium meant erstwhile helium called the Trump administration's past circular of deportations a "taxpayer-funded kidnapping operation."
The Florida congressman argued that the "mass deportations" promised by President Donald Trump during his 2024 run could hardly beryllium classified arsenic deportations owed to a deficiency of ineligible owed process for those being deported.
In a video shared by ICE, agents are seen enforcing a wide apprehension successful San Diego connected May 29. (@ICEgov via X)
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"There is nary ineligible process for people," helium claimed. "We person ICE national agents pulling up, terrorizing our communities, hopping retired of unmarked vans, stealing — and yes, kidnapping people. Not giving them their time successful tribunal and yes — quality trafficking them to different nations, different countries astir the full world."
Frost besides questioned wherefore agents felt the request to conceal their identities successful the archetypal place.
"My different happening is, if you are arrogant of what you’re doing, wherefore bash you person to deterioration a disguise to bash it?" helium asked. "If you are operating wrong the bounds of the law, you should not person to screen your face. That is the occupation with ICE and with the medication close present is this full happening is happening successful the shadows."
Masked national agents making deportation arrests has stirred unrest among galore Democrats who person travel retired successful protestation of the practice. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
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Earlier this month, Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons slammed Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., connected "Fox & Friends" for their "disgusting" rhetoric astir agents masking up, which helium felt enactment him and his officers successful danger.
Wu compared ICE agents wearing masks to members of the neo-Nazi radical the Nationalist Social Club-131 (NSC-131) during a property league connected June 5, amid authorities claims that ICE agents person faced a 413% summation successful assaults. Jeffries has called for the recognition of ICE agents who perpetrate "aggressive overreach."
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