ICE is the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has been put on the ground as part of US President Donald Trump's anti-immigration initiative. The post generated a clashing response from billionaire Elon Musk, who has since the 2024 US Presidential elections, expressed support for Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Responding to Dean's post, Elon Musk questioned the claims made in the video post. According to Grok, the video quoted by Dean showed Border Patrol agents detaining two US citizen teenagers—Jonathan Aguilar Garcia and Christian Miranda Romano—at a Richfield, Minnesota Target store. A day later on 8 January, tensions escalated further when a US Border Patrol agent in Portland, Oregon, shot and wounded a man and woman in their car after an attempted vehicle stop.

Source: Mint January 11, 2026 13:48 UTC