The personal information from ICE and HSI agents published by activists

The continued campaign as a threat staff for the government and in particular home protection security has reached a new level, since agents of the immigration and customs authority (ICE) have become the goal of a campaign in South California in order to release their personal data. Written in Spanish with the warning “Careful with these faces, flyers, the names and other personally identifiable information (PII) from ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) show agents were published in the districts of South California and Los Angeles.

The practice of the activists to publish personal data, whether online or about flyers or other public options, is not unprecedented. Doxxing – the malicious online publication of private information without the consent of a person – is the latest and most common form in the digital age. Practice is not regarded as “freedom of expression” because it can violate privacy and security and lead to damage in the real world. The publication of the PII of a law enforcement officer is also illegal in most jurisdiction – whether online or at flyers – as this is regarded as a form of harassment or intimidation and is intended to hinder the officials of the civil servant. A number of states have also passed laws that deal especially with doxxing, in addition to laws against harassment and intimidation.

The flyers accuse ice cream, migrant communities “terrorize” and criticize the agency's deportation practices. Federal civil servants report that anti-office activists are working on disturbing ICE operations not only in Los Angeles, but also in other areas. Activists for immigrant rights have reportedly pursued ice agents and monitored their operations.

With volunteers who use bull horns and sirens to warn immigrants when ice is in their area, “the supporters go to the law enforcement of the federal government against the law enforcement of the federal government,” said John Fabbricatore, former head of the Denver enforcement and removal of ICE. The identity of the group, which is responsible for the creation and distribution of these flyers, is unknown, although ICE has initiated an investigation to find out.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has emphasized these measures: “These pitiful activists rely on the back of our law enforcement authorities, while they protect MS-13, Tren de Aragua and other malignant gangs that take women and children, for ransom and poisoning of Americans with lethal drugs. These people are held responsible for the disability of the law and justice. “

Brian Jones, Chairman of the California Senate's minority, criticized the actions of the activists and warned that “if someone – politicians, members of the public or self -creditor – affects the actions of the law enforcement authorities, creates severe risks and dangers for everyone involved.”

After the Trump administration has expanded the authority of IC, the flyers come by increasing restrictions on the implementation of arrests at previously protected locations such as schools, health institutions and worship. This political shift has intensified the fears in immigrant communities, especially with undocumented people.

PII disclosure: no new tactics

This is not the first time that ice or DHS have to do with the disclosure of the PII of agents or staff from political extremists, since immigration policy is intensively criticized. The “excursion” began during the first term of the first term of President Trump, although those who were not agreed with government positions against sitting civil servants. In June 2018, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was targeted by activists in her house in North Virginia, where demonstrators held signs while sang and playing crying children through megaphone. Nielsen was also bothered at dinner in a Mexican restaurant DC. A video was later published by the democratic socialists of the America group.

Similarly, ice agents and staff were attacked in the same period. As a result, in June 2020 the application of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) approved ICE to identify ICE as a “security/sensitive” agency for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This name ensures that OPM holds back all relevant personally identifiable information (PII) of all ICE employees who process it when the future interviews. “After an internal memo The nation“The increase in threats, intimidation and doxing, which have been directed against ICE staff in recent years, underlined the need for this name.”

Dhs will not withdraw

In 2018, DHS agencies also had a recoil in the form of “cabin activism”, in which the employees insisted that their companies end partnerships with ICE and other state institutions that are involved in the implementation of guidelines that they consider unethical and claim that moral principles should have priority over commercial interests. In July 2018, the managing director of McKinsey & Co., Kevin Sneader, announced in a letter to the employees that the company broke off relationships with ice due to immigration policy. Technology workers from companies such as Salesforce, Microsoft, Amazon and Google have also prompted their CEOs to end their work for ICE and other agencies.

Despite the increased tensions of the current situation, the Trump administration, ICE and its federal partners have not returned. The Ministry of Justice of Trump sued Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois last month and claimed that according to Associated Press in the third largest city in the third largest city in the third largest city to enforce the federal immigration laws.

The border -Zar Tom Homan has warned that leaks of information within the law enforcement authorities will lead to law enforcement. This explanation followed reports that a certain ice attack in Los Angeles was canceled after the intelligence of the operation had been passed on to the media.

Despite these exhibitions of small groups of activists, this continued advance of the Trump government to pursue its campaign promise to enforce the federal immigration is publicly supported. Last year, a Gallup survey showed that 55% of the Americans would provide information to the immigration to the United States – for the first time since 2005 that the majority of their respondents held this view and the largest percentage since a reading of 58% in 2001.