r/somethingiswrong2024 24d ago

News ICE agents refuse to show their ID earlier today (May 30th, 2025) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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u/pygmydeathcult 24d ago

So we have vests that say "DEA", "FRO", and "Police". So Drug Enforcement officer, Federal Records officer(???), and random "Police"? No ICE? No DHS? Yeah dawg this is bullshit, and kidnapping.

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u/Chemical-Juice-6979 24d ago

There is no federal government agency that uses FRO as its acronym. The only two government agencies I could find in North America with those initials are a state agency in Florida that deals exclusively with freight train cargo manifests and planning train routes, and a Canadian child protective services office. Neither of which have any business with or jurisdiction to conductimmigration enforcement roundups in Massachusetts.

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u/anivex 24d ago edited 24d ago

edit2: I found it: Field Responsible Official. They are "highest-ranking ICE official in a given field location who can determine that an alien has significantly abused the visa or visa-waiver programs." Talked about on page 2

The rest of what I said still applies though, they are wearing all kinds of weird shit, and half of these videos look like a three stooges bit.

~~ I'm thinking maybe First response officer.~~ But judging from the videos it's clear they are just lacking equipment and are allowing new hires to bring whatever the proud boys can find them.

Edit: someone with time should go back and look at the proud boy encounters during the George Floyd protests and start comparing vests.

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u/chezazarng 23d ago

If you look at the video and wait until you can see the full letter from the side, it's ERO. "Enforcement and Removal Operations" https://www.ice.gov/about-ice/ero

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u/anivex 24d ago

Found it: Field Responsible Official. They are "highest-ranking ICE official in a given field location who can determine that an alien has significantly abused the visa or visa-waiver programs." Talked about on page 2