{"id":2544664,"date":"2026-01-20T06:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-agitators-accosted-random-white-guys-because-they-look-like-ice\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T06:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:42:44","slug":"anti-ice-agitators-accosted-random-white-guys-because-they-look-like-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-agitators-accosted-random-white-guys-because-they-look-like-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-ICE Agitators Accosted Random White Guys Because They &#8216;Look Like&#8217; ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-ice-agitators-accosted-random-white-guys-because-they-look-like-ice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2544664&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Minneapolis, anti-ICE protesters surrounded a table of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >white male software engineers eating lunch<\/a> after a message in an anti-ICE Signal chat said ICE agents were in the resturant, Alpha News reported.Within about 15 minutes the crowd gathered,yelling and blowing whistles as the men tried to leave; video and an interview with one engineer identified only as Lee show protesters confronting them and insisting they looked like ICE agents. One engineer said he and his colleagues build custom apps for companies and protested that they were against ICE, but demonstrators replied, &#8220;If you&#8217;re not with us then you&#8217;re against us.&#8221; According to Lee, the restaurant owner-working the register-was the person who mistakenly &#8220;confirmed&#8221; them as ICE. The incident comes amid heightened anti-ICE activity following a Jan.7 shooting involving an ICE officer and has been accompanied by other viral misidentifications; the Pentagon reportedly put roughly 1,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woodwards-bombshell-book-pulls-back-the-curtain-on-bidens-tempestuous-approach-to-israel-trumps-affinity-for-putin-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Woodward\u2019s bombshell book pulls back the curtain on Biden\u2019s tempestuous approach to Israel, Trump\u2019s affinity for Putin - Washington Examiner\">500 active-duty soldiers<\/a> on standby in case of unrest in Minneapolis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Protesters surrounded a group of software engineers having lunch in a Minneapolis restaurant because they purportedly looked like Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Alpha News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The engineers, who were all white men wearing sweatshirts and jackets, were eating lunch when one of them received a message from an anti-ICE Signal chat he participated in, stating that there were ICE agents in the restaurant where they were eating, <a href=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/exclusive-tech-workers-say-they-were-mistaken-for-ice-agents-accosted-by-anti-ice-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to Alpha News.<\/p>\n<p>Within 15 minutes, anti-ICE protesters began surrounding the restaurant, yelling and blowing whistles as the men attempted to exit from the restaurant, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha News interviewed one of the engineers, identified only as Lee, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-issue-arrest-warrant-for-19-year-old-acquaintance-in-death-of-philadelphia-journalist\/\" title=\"Pol... seek 19-year-old acquaintance in journalist&#039;s death.\">obtained video footage<\/a> of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who do you work with here?&rdquo; 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