ICE tells legal observer, ‘We have a nice little database, and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist’

https://reason.com/2026/01/23/ice-tells-legal-observer-we-have-a-nice-little-database-and-now-youre-considered-a-domestic-terrorist/

44 Comments

  1. Republican’s sole political belief is that the US isn’t homogenous enough for their tastes, and they don’t appear to care what laws they have to break to address that.

  2. nonamesareavailable2 on

    Oh, I bet that dude came up with that days ago and was sporting a hard-on just thinking about getting to say his line.

  3. But, but “we are all domestic terrorists.”

    Words don’t mean anything to these people.

  4. When is the accountability of these thugs going to happen because someone is keeping a database of them too.

  5. Uh, I haven;t seen this commented anywhere yet, but it just popped into my head as a possibility.

    Are they documenting all of these “domestic terrorists” as a pretext to bar them from polling places?

  6. We can make lists too. They’ll come quite in handy when Nuremberg part 2 happens. And the reckoning WILL happen.

  7. ThisIsPeteHello on

    For real though, videos of people heckling ICE and videos of their fat assess falling down or otherwise self-owning themselves are really getting me thru all this.

  8. ProudPainting6850 on

    Take his fucking picture, record his voice, take video of everything. At some point, his mask will get pulled and his identity will leak. 

  9. a big thank you to the 7 dems who voted to give ice more funding yesterday. I hope we get to live in a future where we can hold collaborator trials for all of them

  10. OK, so the guy in the truck with a mask and gun, playing Jihad is not the terrorist. America, give your head a shake. You’ve been dupped.

  11. These right wing shitbags can’t wait to gun us all down.
    Fuck I wish I had the economic ability to gtfo this shitty hellhole and go anywhere the fuck else.

    I’m slowly realizing I’ll more than likely wind up shot dead by some cleetus ass tacticool shitbag than of old age.

  12. Says the dude literally looking like a masked terrorist, carrying around guns to intimidate U.S. citizens and other members of the public.

  13. RespectTheTree on

    Casually setting up the instruments of oppression thinking their high school educated ass is going to be royalty in their beautiful white future.

  14. BlueLighthouse9 on

    The ICE agents are also in a database and there will be consequences for their actions. Hopefully sooner rather than later but it will happen

  15. Seems like a lawsuit, federal agents violating her rights by threatening retaliation.

    But also I think he’s telling the truth. They are creating a database, and likely labeling protesters as domestic terrorists, because that is what Trump instructed them to do.

    [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/)

    [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/)

  16. The point of this, ironically, is to coerce compliant political behavior by instilling fear.

    In other words, actual terrorism.

  17. Every citizen should send a FOIA/ Privacy Act request for their personal data and innovate the system. Demand it’s removed and if not, file a class action lawsuit for removal and damages

  18. they don’t wear body cameras but they video tape citizens. could very well be a data base for that purpose. Dodge has taken social security information. Trump could have given orders to compile a list of Americans where they live what political party they belong too

  19. HamsterAdorable2666 on

    **The people also have their own database**

    ___

    **Submit info on ICE agents to wiki “ICEList(dot)is”**

    > The ICE List is an open journalistic project, created by Crust News, aimed at collecting and sharing information that can hold ICE members legally accountable.
    (**Volunteering available**)
    ___

    **Report ICE activity in your community to “iceout(dot)org”**

    > Our objective is to collect community-submitted information about possible ICE activity to help inform the public and raise awareness.

    > People Over Papers provides immigrant communities with real-time information, educates them on their rights and resources, and ignites awareness to build collective safety.

  20. darthsnakeeyes on

    As a former federal employee, I encourage everyone to conduct a FOIA request of every ICE Agent or DHS employee’s cell phone recordings. I suspect they’re using private cell phones. Anything collected on this phones could be FOIAble.

    I’m sure there are exclusions for privacy but those idiots have places themselves in a world of legal trouble if they’re using private cell phones.

  21. External_Hedgehog_35 on

    So he’s in a database too, isn’t he. Payroll records, etc. He should be careful about his decisions, too. We should all be thinking about consequences. 

  22. Watching federal agents habitually violate federal laws that carry the death penalty is insane.

    18 U.S.C. § 241 & 18 U.S.C. § 242

  23. GENERAL STRIKE IS WORKING RIGHT NOW. OVER 1000 BUSINESSES CLOSED IN MINNESOTA AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE IN THE STREETS PROTESTING. CHANGE ONLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT CAN AND TURN THAT BELIEF INTO ACTION. STAND WITH MINNESOTA. SPREAD THE GENERAL STRIKE. THESE NAZIS DO NOT REPRESENT US.