First Thing: Court files show how federal agents spied on anti-ICE protesters | Martin Belam
Undercover agents infiltrated meetings, private chats and local events. Plus Wile E Coyote returns to the big screen Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The extent to which federal law enforcement targeted political opponents and peaceful organizers has been laid bare in newly disclosed court documents . Internal investigative files reveal that the Department…
Court documents reveal federal agents spied extensively on anti-ICE protesters, labor unions, and left-leaning advocacy groups. Undercover DHS agents infiltrated meetings, private Signal chats, and local events like a "resistance skills training" at a public library. They engaged participants with offers to help organize "direct-action" protests.
Financial records of unions and non-profits were seized, part of an inquiry into "domestic terrorist financing". Activists, such as Emilia González Avalos of Unidos MN, denounced the surveillance as an attempt to intimidate and politically repress dissent.
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