ICE Sued After Observers Claim Agents Used Facial Recognition to Add Them in a 'Domestic Terrorist' Watchlist

Leaked DHS docs reveal ICE agents can pose as fake social media users under new ‘masked engagement’ program — civil liberties groups sound alarm. (Credit: Lorie Shaull/WikiMedia Commons)

It did not begin with handcuffs or flashing lights. It began with a phone held up in a car park.

Elinor Hilton says she was standing outside a Home Depot in Portland, Maine, filming federal immigration agents during what appeared to be an enforcement action. She was not shouting. She was not blocking anyone. She was recording.