ICE shares call to ‘charge’ CT lawmaker for speaking out on local ICE activity
A Connecticut lawmaker has come under attack after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shared a social media post calling on authorities to “charge him” for speaking out about reports of local ICE activity.
After state Rep. Corey P. Paris posted an Instagram statement on Aug. 15, in which he mentioned reported ICE activity and advised residents in Stamford, his district, to stay safe and vigilant, the account “Libs of TikTok” on X accused him of “doxxing ICE’s live location.”
The account, followed by millions of X users, made the accusation in a post that includes photo of Paris and a screenshot of his Instagram statement.
The post further accused him of “helping illegals evade arrest and impeding ICE” and, in demanding for him to be charged, tagged ICE and the Department of Homeland Security’s accounts on X to alert the agencies.
The next day, ICE seemed to support the post by re-sharing it on the agency’s social media page. In its repost, ICE tagged the Justice Department’s government account on X.
“I never notified anyone about ICE law enforcement’s live location,” Paris told the Hartford Courant on Aug. 19
“I didn’t dox anyone and there isn’t any evidence anywhere that I did,” he added.
ICE’s repost received nearly 3,000 shares and about 8,000 favorites as of the afternoon of Aug. 20.
Paris has since received death threats and faced harassment, he told News 12 Connecticut.
The Connecticut Hispanic Democratic Caucus said in an Aug. 19 statement that “Libs of TikTok” had “misconstrued” his Instagram post, “leading to calls for Paris’s arrest, execution threats, racist slurs, and invasion of his family’s privacy.”
The group, describing the social media page as a right-wing account, also said ICE has contributed to the backlash Paris is facing.
When contacted by McClatchy News for comment about ICE resharing “Libs of TikTok”’s post, a DHS spokesperson said on Aug. 20 that: “We condemn violence and threats of any kind.”
“Notifying the public about ICE law enforcement operations endangers law enforcement and weakens American national security,” the DHS spokesperson wrote via email, adding that ICE officers are “now facing an 1000% increase in assaults against them.”
In his Aug. 15 Instagram statement, Paris did not share specific details about ICE operations.
He said he learned of reports about ICE activity in his district and was “working to verify” the information. His post also encouraged sharing information about immigration enforcement actions with advocacy groups.
In a statement provided to McClatchy News by Paris’ spokesman, the lawmaker said on Aug. 16, that when he shared his Instagram post, he also “reposted a video that has been shared across the state and reminded residents to remain vigilant, stay aware of their surroundings, check in on neighbors who may be concerned, and seek trusted legal and community resources if needed.”
“I do not regret standing up for the targeted and voiceless,” Paris added.
“I was taken aback by the attacks that followed and concerned about the safety of my own loved ones,” Paris said. “However, this is the reality our friends and neighbors who are immigrants live with every single day: the constant fear that their families could be targeted, disrupted, or torn apart.”
Paris told The New York Times that one threat was made over the phone by a man he did not know. He said the man went on a rant, using homophobic and racial slurs, and warned he knew his family members’ home addresses, according to the newspaper.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. wrote in an Aug. 18 X post that “Corey Paris did nothing wrong. Nothing illegal.”
“This post from @ICEgov is dime store totalitarian intimidation. Nobody should fall for it.”
In the U.S. as of Aug. 10, 59,380 people were detained in ICE detention centers, according to immigration data gathered by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
This story was originally published August 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM with the headline "ICE shares call to ‘charge’ CT lawmaker for speaking out on local ICE activity."
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