Ben Bergquam was with Ice agents during a raid on Sunday and yelled at protesters that they were ‘the enemy within’

A rightwing influencer accompanied officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in Chicago on Sunday as the agency ramps up arrests in the city. Ice agents arrested four people on the city’s south-west side.

Ben Bergquam, the rightwing internet personality, was with agents, filming and making content as well as getting into altercations with local residents along the way, according to a video the Guardian viewed on X. In the video, he appears to be in the car with Ice agents and nearby as they arrest people; later on he yells at a group of Chicagoans who are gathered to prevent Ice operations that they are “the enemy within”.

Bergquam often travels to migrant shelters and protests, and has even filmed an Ice raid in Chicago previously to prove wrongdoing by those opposed to Donald Trump and his agenda. In a 2024 video he falsely claimed that Hurricane Helene victims wouldn’t be helped out financially because the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), which is a part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), spent all its money housing migrants in Chicago.

  • FerretyFever0@fedia.io
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    Just seeing the picture, this guy looks like a cunt. Unfortunstely (for the ligibitiqua), I’m also pretty sure he’s in the closet :(

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      I don’t see how this evil shithead’s sexuality is more unfortunate for them than every other person who has the misfortune of being on the same planet as shithead. Like, if he is gay, it’s not like that would say anything about gay people in general.

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        I mean I get the feeling. As a dog owner seeing dog poop on the ground gets me even more annoyed because its a health hazard to my dog but also because it makes my people look bad.

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          Yeah but if someone is hiding that they’re a dog owner and behaving poorly you likely don’t. Like, Lindsay Graham is an argument for queer liberation not against because the closet has clearly broken that person.