ICE detentions by plainclothes agents raise civil liberties fears

A video showing a man being hauled away from a Virginia courthouse by a group of plainclothes men who refused to show ID or a warrant to his attorneys raises new questions about how federal immigration agents are operating.

Attorneys for the man, identified as Teodoro Dominguez-Rodriguez, originally of Honduras, said they had no official notification of where he had been taken following the April 22 incident. Federal records show that man of that name is now being held at the Farmville Detention Center in Virginia.

The April 22 incident bears similarities to legal detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in other states. The video has also shaken some immigrants who fled their own countries over fears of corrupt government agents or unchecked vigilantes.

Similar detentions captured on video have sparked concerns and condemnations, among them the March 8 detention of Columbia University student protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, the March 17 detention of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University professor who was taken into custody by masked men, and the March 25 arrest of Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was surrounded by plainclothes people and bundled into a waiting vehicle.

Civil-rights experts say the actions by ICE raise concerns over accountability and due-process rights, in addition to creating an environment emboldening police impersonators or vigilantes. The Trump administration has prioritized immigration enforcement as it makes good on the president's 2024 campaign promises.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/28/ice-detentions-video-civil-liberties-fears-immigrants/83258615007/

I asked 2 weeks ago if the orange slime was deputizing others, notably Proud (little) Boys or Oath KKKeepers, to ICE. This might answer some questions....