Liberals Laud Fake Story that ICE Agents Are Resigning “In Droves”
What happened: Liberal social media users were duped by a fake article, purporting to be from British news outlet Sky News, reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are quitting “in droves” due to low morale and concerns about “doxxing” — having their personal information exposed online.
Context: The posts circulated amid protests against the ICE raids in Los Angeles and followed news reports that assault cases against ICE agents had surged 700 percent as of early July 2025.
A closer look: On July 7, liberal social media users shared an image of a supposed Sky News headline stating, “Ice Agents quitting in droves due to low morale, doxxing fears.”
Jason Call, a defeated Green Party candidate in the state of Washington, shared the image of the purported Sky News article on X with the caption, “Feel good story of the week.” The post received 230,000 views and 16,000 likes in one day.
Michelle MiJun Kim, a podcast producer and author with 67,000 followers on Instagram, also shared the article in an Instagram post captioned, “A quick reminder to breathe and pay attention to all the resistance that is happening right now!” The post received 4,390 likes in one day.
Actually: The image purporting to show the Sky News headline is fake, and NewsGuard found no articles matching the headline on Sky News’ website.
The supposed Sky News article is inconsistent with the formatting of articles released on the news network’s home page. For example, the Sky News screenshot contains a date and a headline above the image, whereas typical articles from the outlet do not include dates and place the headline underneath the image, not above.
NewsGuard sent a July 2025 email to Sky News seeking comment but did not receive a response.
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