UPDATE: Dulce Diaz was in fact a U.S. citizen and the Trump admin has now acknowledged the fact and issued her a passport. Below was DHS’s angry (and utterly false) claim to the contrary.
Proof that, yes, ICE has at times detained US citizens in error.
@carynannharlos I dunno. I don’t understand how anyone can be anti-pedo and pro-Chump. Almost as bad as being authoritarian and identifying as libertarian.
@DHSgov@ICEgov And when ICE kidnaps, harass, and kill people… they’re local?
Don’t you know your chances of being stung by a hornet drops to 0% when you don’t swat the nest?
Official Statement from the Proud Boys
May 30, 2026 6:52pm EST
Today, a group showed up outside the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, and was labeled in media reports as “Proud Boys.”
These individuals are not Proud Boys.
They are associates of Brien James and part of a disavowed splinter faction. The men who appeared today were previously removed and publicly disavowed from both the New Jersey and New York chapters. They chose to stay loyal to their former chapter president, Danny Mac, even after he was exposed, with clear evidence from Enrique’s trial, as a federal informant. We gave them the proof. They still picked his side. So we cut every single one of them loose.
While we appreciate every American who comes out to support ICE agents and push back against Antifa chaos, these particular men do not represent us in any way.
You want proof they’re not us? Just watch the videos from today. When confronted, these so-called Proud Boys turned tail and ran like cowards. They scattered. That’s not how we operate. Real Proud Boys stand our ground and never give an inch. Their weakness today was on full display for the world to see.
In recent days, members of our actual organization have been on the ground in New Jersey. We’ve operated professionally and discreetly documenting, reporting, and staying out of the way so ICE can do its job without interference. Our goal is simple: support the excellent work ICE agents are doing right now to arrest and remove as many criminal illegal aliens as possible. This is a scalpel, not the sledgehammer approach we needed in Trump’s first term.
If Antifa returns in force and the situation escalates, the real Proud Boys will be visible again. Our current low-profile presence does not mean we are absent, it means we are strategic and dynamic.
To be perfectly clear: the Proud Boys are a unified brotherhood with standards. We decide who is and who is not one of us. Brien James and his crew were removed for good reason and will never speak for this organization again.
We will continue to defend our name and communicate official positions from this account.
Stay strong, stay smart.
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