Cato's David Bier says ICE "pulled a gun on a NY teenager" and "got the wrong guy"
David J. BierDirector of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, in a post on X
David J. Bier said ICE pulled a gun on a New York teenager, beat him, realized it had the wrong person, and left him bloody and injured far from his home.
“ICE pulled a gun on a NY teenager, beat him, and then realized they got the wrong guy. Like other cases targeting citizens, ICE dumped him in a random location far from his home, bloody and injured.”
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Where this statement fits
Did ICE agents falsify records and testimony in the Bronx arrests of Angel Almonte and Jeury Concepcion?
On May 6, 2026, ICE agents arrested Angel Almonte, a Dominican immigrant, and Jeury Concepcion, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen, in separate arrests in the Bronx. DHS said Concepcion was not arrested by ICE and that it does not arrest citizens by mistake, and government lawyers told a federal court that ICE positively identified Almonte through database checks before issuing his arrest warrant. On October 5, U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown ruled that the misidentification claims were baseless, that ICE issued an after-the-fact warrant containing false information, and that the officers gave false and misleading testimony. The question is whether ICE agents falsified records and testimony to justify the arrests.
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Post on David J. Bier's own X account sharing video of Jeury Concepcion's arrest.
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CBS News New York report on Jeury Concepcion's detention on May 6, 2026, with his family's account and the Department of Homeland Security's statement.
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Bier's post included video of Concepcion's arrest.
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DHS told CBS News New York that Concepcion was not arrested by ICE.
How this statement is classified
The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is whether ICE agents falsified records and testimony to justify the arrests of Almonte and Concepcion. Bier says ICE "pulled a gun on a NY teenager, beat him, and then realized they got the wrong guy." That condemns the agents' conduct in Concepcion's arrest, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, which would fit criticism with an acknowledgment of the agents' account; he offers none.
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Read the full caseScott Dworkin contrasts DHS's "NOT arrested by ICE" statement with the ruling
“Jeury Concepcion is a US citizen. He was walking to a barbershop. He left with stitches in his head and a government statement saying he "was NOT arrested by ICE." The judge's ruling says otherwise, by name.”Read statement
DHS says the Almonte ruling "will be litigated in court, not through the media"
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
“This matter will be litigated in court, not through the media.”Read statement
Federal judge finds ICE agents "falsified official records" in Bronx arrests
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
“The claims of misidentification here prove baseless, the arrests were procedurally deficient and legally invalid, and ICE agents falsified official records trying to conceal their illegal actions, which included significant injury to a U.S. citizen.”Read statement
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