This is The Weekender. On Tuesday, a long look at the Proud Boys was published, including details on encrypted apps where one of their most extremist leaders suggested some of his compatriots have joined President Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
This indicates that people on the militant far-right fringe have responded to the Trump Department of Homeland Security’s mass deportation recruitment drive, which has included nods to white supremacist memes and other racially charged themes.
One instance of this occurred when anti-Semitic X accounts shared a promotional Facebook video from the U.S. Border Patrol, soundtracked with a controversial 1996 song from Michael Jackson that included the slur “kike.”
As news of the video made the rounds on Wednesday, Border Patrol took the clip offline.
One of the first indications that people on the militant far-right fringe have responded to the Trump Department of Homeland Security’s mass deportation recruitment drive.
Author's summary: Extremist groups join ICE.