Construction workers, electricians, couriers: How ICE agents use disguises to deceive and detain migrants

“Buenos días,” says a man wearing an orange vest with a logo resembling that of a government agency, speaking in Spanish. His partner is dressed the same way. “We’re working for the city, we’re working on the light pole,” the purported electrician told a resident in South Los Angeles, a predominantly Hispanic area. He said they needed him to move his vehicle so they could carry out the work. It was a trap set for José de Jesús Cortez Delgado. When the Mexican man moved his truck out of the backyard and parked it in an alley beside his house, several agents jumped out of unmarked vehicles, pointed guns at him and shouted, “Don’t move, hands up!” — as seen in a video.

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