While the undated flyers claiming ICE raids are happening in SF “tomorrow” have been debunked, a real January 26 report on ICE agents’ location in San Jose has brought an investigation from Trump’s FCC.
We have recently seen false reports of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents promoted by the SF Unified School District superintendent, but we’ve also seen reports about ICE agents in SF that apparently were correct. So it’s understandable that peoples’ heads are spinning in light of a series of online flyers claiming that ICE raids were coming to SF “tomorrow at 1:30” (though the flyers are undated), though the Chronicle reports the flyers are bogus and false.
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KQED has tracked down a copy of the false info flyer, which is seen above, and it’s been in circulation for at least four days. There are a few tells that it’s bogus. It’s presented as if it’s on official US Department of Homeland Security letterhead, though as the Chronicle notes, ICE would not announce their raids in advance. Moreover, it has a purported “signature” from President Trump, which is clearly a computer font, and looks nothing like Trump’s actual signature.
The flyer warns of ICE raids at not only SF’s Stonestown Galleria, but also Daly City’s Westlake Shopping Center, and three schools in San Mateo County.
Jefferson Elementary School District, which includes two of those schools named, sent an email to...
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