Penske reached out after people filmed federal agents popping out of the back of a Penske rental truck during the raid. 

"Penske strictly prohibits the transportation of people in the cargo area of its vehicles under any circumstances. The company was not made aware that its trucks would be used in today's operation and did not authorize this," Pennsylvania-based Penske said in a statement. "Penske will reach out to DHS and reinforce its policy to avoid improper use of its vehicles in the future."

Truck rental company Penske called the use of its rental vehicle in a Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement operation "improper" after a raid at a Home Depot in California. DHS said it would continue to do its job after the company contacted the federal agency about its rules prohibiting people from riding in the cargo of its rental trucks. 

"This week, Border Patrol conducted a targeted raid, dubbed Trojan Horse, in Los Angeles at a Home Depot that resulted in the arrest of 16 illegal aliens from Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua," a DHS spokesperson said. "Federal law enforcement will continue utilizing all resources to arrest criminal illegal aliens and keep Americans safe."

The agency is at the center of the Trump administration’s efforts to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Earlier this summer Congress passed a spending bill that gives ICE money to hire 10,000 more staff. 

In a statement released Wednesday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said, “We are ENDING the age cap for ICE law enforcement. Qualified candidates can now apply with no age limit."

The department said in a news release that it would waive age limits for new applicants so “even more patriots will qualify to join ICE,” the agency responsible for finding, arresting, detaining and removing people who are in the U.S. illegally.

“We no longer have a cap on how old you can be or you can continue at age 18, sign up for ICE and join us and be a part of it. We’ll get you trained and ready to be equipped to go out on the streets and help protect families,” Noem said.

The Trump administration also announced that it was reassigning FEMA employees during hurricane and wildfire seasons to shift them to ICE. If they don't make the change, they face losing their jobs entirely.

The report Ossoff's office compiled relied on a whistleblower who witnessed a pregnant woman sleeping on the floor of a detention center, according to NBC News. Another detainee at an immigration processing center in Louisiana, who was six months pregnant, told Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., while the congresswoman was visiting the facility that she nearly miscarried twice after being detained, according to the report.

"FAKE NEWS," DHS posted from its official X account. "Any claim that there are subprime conditions at ICE detention facilities are FALSE," the post continued. "All detainees are provided with proper meals, quality water, blankets, medical treatment, and have opportunities to communicate with their family members and lawyers."

Another case included in the report came to Ossoff’s attention when the partner of a pregnant detainee in Georgia, who had just miscarried, contacted his office asking for help getting information after two days of not hearing from her.

“Regardless of our views on immigration policy, the American people do not support the abuse of detainees and prisoners...it’s more important than ever to shine a light on what’s happening behind bars and barbed wire, especially and most shockingly to children,” Ossoff told NBC News in a statement about the investigation.

According to the report, in at least three instances, children experienced severe medical issues while in detention and were denied adequate medical treatment, the report states. An 11-year-old U.S. citizen girl recovering from a rare brain tumor was denied medical care and allegedly kept “in deplorable conditions” while in immigration custody with her noncitizen parents, according to a civil rights complaint filed by the girl’s family. Another allegation involved a 4-year-old U.S. citizen boy with stage 4 cancer who was removed to Honduras without access to his medicines when immigration authorities deported his mother in April. 

“It’s more important than ever to shine a light on what’s happening behind bars and barbed wire, especially and most shockingly to children,” Ossoff said in a statement to NBC News.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is launching a new nationwide recruiting campaign, offering thousands of federal law enforcement jobs with generous pay and benefits. The campaign, backed by the Department of Homeland Security, calls on what it describes as “brave” Americans to help remove individuals in the country without legal permission with serious criminal records. These new employees will include deportation officers tasked with locating, apprehending and removing individuals the administration has determined are not authorized to stay in the U.S.

“The funding from President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill will play a key role in fulfilling his promise to the American people to deport criminal illegal aliens,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement.

On the recruitment webpage, the link to learn more about applying to be a deportation officer shows a photo of an armored vehicle rolling down a street with officers in military gear hanging onto the sides of the vehicle.

“Your country is calling you to serve at ICE. In the wake of the Biden administration’s failed immigration policies, your country needs dedicated men and women of ICE to get the worst of the worst criminals out of our country,” said Secretary Noem. “This is a defining moment in our nation’s history. Your skills, your experience, and your courage have never been more essential. Together, we must defend the homeland.”

Jason Houser, a former agency chief of staff during the Biden administration, estimates it would take around three to four years to hire and train the 10,000 new ICE employees the department is aiming for. In the meantime, he wories that ICE will rely on private contractors, National Guard troops, and other federal law enforcement officers to meet their deportation goal of 3,000 arrests per day.

To support the hiring effort, ICE is offering a signing bonus of up to $50,000, along with student loan assistance, extensive overtime, enhanced retirement packages and additional pay for agents who work overtime or are on call. The government is also seeking criminal investigators and lawyers who will prosecute immigration cases.

Chuck Wexler is the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum. He believes the Homeland Security’s hiring spree could end up having repercussions on police departments across the country if their officers try to get hired by ICE.

“The environment for hiring law enforcement has never been more competitive,” he said. “This could conceivably impact state and local agencies. You could have someone leaving a police department to get a $50,000 signing bonus with DHS.”

Starting this week, recruitment ads will appear in major cities, on college campuses, at job fairs and through law enforcement networks, according to DHS.

“I’ve said it publicly before, I’m not a proponent of the masks. However, if that’s a tool that the men and women of ICE [use] to keep themselves and their family safe, then I will allow it,” he said.

ICE has drawn criticism for deploying masked and plainclothes officers, particularly in cities like Los Angeles, where Mayor Karen Bass likened their tactics to “violent kidnapping.” Critics argue the use of unmarked officers increases community fear and erodes trust. Lyons pushed back, asserting agents typically wear ICE insignia and urged lawmakers to focus on legislation punishing threats and doxing of agents.

Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat have introduced legislation to ban mask use, arguing that masked enforcement echoes “authoritarian regimes” and causes confusion and fear in immigrant communities.

“I would push back on the notion that we aren’t identifying themselves...." states Lyons.

This is pure misinformation as there are numerous videos of individuals approaching "agents" requesting proof of department association, and many of them ignored the individuals who were requesting the information, or there are individual "agents" who outright stated that they do not have to provide any form of proof showing their association. This goes to show either the pure blindness they have, or these individuals are not real ICE/federal agents and should be prosecuted appropriately. Lyons continues,

"I would also want, you know, elected officials to help us hold those people accountable that do dox or threaten an ICE officer or agent or their family."

If the agents were to follow proper protocols and rules, they would not be in this situation. We do not condone these actions, but as we were always taught there are consequences to our actions.

In April, a man in Indiantown, Florida, was arrested for impersonating an Ice officer and targeting immigrants. Two men reported to the police that the man had performed a fake traffic stop, and then asked for their documents and immigration status. Mike German, a former FBI agent and fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, told the Guardian last week that the shootings of two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, by a suspect who allegedly impersonated a police officer, highlights the danger of police not looking like police. 

Fernando Diaz, was arrested by Huntington Park police after officers said they found a loaded gun and official-looking documents with Department of Homeland Security headings in his SUV, according to NBC Los Angeles. Officers were impounding his vehicle for parking in a handicapped zone when Diaz asked to retrieve items inside, the police said. Among the items seen by officers in the car were “multiple copies of passports not registered under the individual’s name”, NBC reports. Diaz was arrested for possession of the allegedly unregistered firearm and released on bail. (The Guardian)

Under the Trump administration, federal immigration authorities are now permitted to arrest people and carry out enforcement actions in and near places such as churches and schools, marking a departure from long-standing policy to avoid so-called sensitive areas. Hernandez said the shift in policy not only threatens public safety but discourages people who need help from law enforcement or health care providers to seek it out.

Experts have warned that federal agents’ increased practice of masking while carrying out immigration raids and arrests makes it easier for imposters to pose as federal officers. In fact, according to DHS, officer assaults have increased by 400%. (At this same time, DHS attempts to justify a number of items the Administration calls "fake news" yet, we have seen the unedits and the like, so we know better and cannot trust the anything they say).