We’re Disrupting ICE Operations, And They’re Complaining About It
It finally happened. An ICE agent confirmed what we’ve known all along: the ICE List is working.
According to The Free Press, a federal immigration officer admitted that while conducting an operation in Boston, protesters spotted the team, shouted warnings, and forced them to flee. The protesters had seen the agent’s photo on the ICE List.
That’s not speculation. That’s a quote from the offficer himself:
“We had to leave.”
This wasn’t just a disruption, it was a breakdown in ICE’s ability to operate discreetly. One protester reportedly shouted, “These guys are immigration! They’re fucking kidnapping people off the street!” The ICE agent didn’t deny it. He simply got back in the car and left.
This incident is part of a broader shift. ICE recently ran a massive sweep across Massachusetts, targeting nearly 1,500 people. The operation, called “Operation Patriot,” brought together the DEA, FBI, Homeland Security, and more. But in Boston, things didn’t go as planned. Protesters showed up not by accident, but because they had information. They used real-time intel, identified agents, alerted communities, and disrupted the mission. It was not chaos, it was coordinated action. It was people defending their communities in the only way they could.
Some are now focusing on a separate report about a tire being slashed during an unrelated courthouse arrest. That detail is a distraction, the real story here is that ICE agents were identified, exposed, and stopped. And they’re not used to being stopped.
The ICE List was never meant to be a passive archive. It’s a live tool, built to expose not only ICE agents, but the entire network of collaborators who enable them. And it’s working because of the volunteers.
Every single contributor, whether they’re trawling public records, verifying identities in grainy videos, building tools, writing copy, or maintaining infrastructure deserves credit. This is not the work of a few loud voices. It’s the result of a disciplined, collective effort to hold power accountable. The work is tedious. It’s often invisible. But the results are not. This moment belongs to those who stayed up late refining spreadsheets, who combed through footage frame by frame, and who quietly, consistently made sure the site stayed online and the information stayed accurate.
We started the ICE List with a simple question: what would happen if people knew who was enforcing these policies? Not as anonymous uniforms, but as individuals with names, faces, and responsibilities. What began as a directory of public information has grown into something much larger, a living, growing system of accountability powered entirely by volunteers. And with that growth has come serious challenges.
We are a small, fast-moving team with limited resources trying to manage an operation that has exploded in size and relevance. The more effective we become, the more data we receive. The more attention we get, the higher the stakes. We’ve had to build infrastructure on the fly, troubleshoot attacks, balance safety concerns, and train new people, all while dealing with the emotional weight of the content we are handling. These are real stories, real people, and real consequences. We do not take that lightly.
Behind every confirmed ID is a debate about evidence, ethics, and risk. Behind every post is someone cross-referencing court records, social media profiles, and video footage to be as accurate and responsible as possible. The pressure is relentless. But so is our commitment.
What happened in Boston is proof. Not just that our methods work, but that a different kind of accountability is possible, one driven by the people, not the state. One ICE agent walked away. One arrest was stopped. One family was left intact. Multiply that by a movement that refuses to stop, and you begin to understand the potential.
This is only the beginning. We are not done.