Infiltrating the Left: Going undercover and attending radical, left-wing ‘ICE Out’ trainings

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Tremoglie, C. (2026, October 28). Infiltrating the Left: Going undercover and attending radical, left-wing ‘ICE Out’ trainings. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4782421/anti-ice-trainings-undercover/

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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-10-28 · by Christopher Tremoglie

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A journalist went undercover as a left-wing activist to attend two "ICE Out" training sessions organized by Philadelphia City Council members. These sessions aimed to limit ICE operations in the city despite no recent controversial incidents involving ICE there. The article details how the city's officials, including the district attorney and sheriff, have taken strong anti-ICE stances throughout 2026, coinciding with high-profile killings that are unrelated to immigration enforcement issues.
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In October 2026, Christopher Tremoglie infiltrated two "ICE Out" activist training sessions in Philadelphia organized by City Council members. Despite recent high-profile killings of a Penn State student and a Philadelphia police officer, the city's district attorney Larry Krasner, county sheriff Rochelle Bilal, and the City Council had taken aggressive stances against ICE operations in the city throughout 2026. Tremoglie attended these sessions undercover to expose what he perceived as irrelevant activism by the council members. The trainings aimed at opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities were held despite a lack of any controversial ICE incidents in Philadelphia that year.

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Topics

ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement Nazis Philadelphia the City Council

Subjects

ICE ORG · 3× Philadelphia GPE · 3× the City Council ORG · 2× Bilal PERSON · 1× Billy Schmidt PERSON · 1× Immigration and Customs Enforcement ORG · 1× Krasner PERSON · 1× Larry Krasner PERSON · 1× Nazis NORP · 1× Rochelle Bilal PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Despite multiple high-profile killings in the past few months, including those of Billy Schmidt, a Penn State University student, and Philadelphia police officer Shane Seiber, two City Council members focused on matters that really have zero relevance to the city and organized two “ICE Out” activist training sessions.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-29
🔮 So I went undercover, using an alias, dressed up as a left-wing activist (or as close to one as I could envision, anyway), and infiltrated them both.
2026-10-29 · Washington Examiner
Infiltrating the Left: Going undercover and attending radical, left-wing ‘ICE Out’ trainings · assertive framing

Claims (5 extracted, 1 hedged)

Philadelphia made news this year when, inexplicably, the city’s district attorney, Larry Krasner, County Sheriff Rochelle Bilal, and the City Council all took aggressive and radical positions against illegal immigration enforcement operations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. asserted
attorney → make → operations
Throughout 2026, Krasner called ICE officers “wannabe Nazis,” Bilal labeled them “fake, wannabe law enforcement,” and the City Council passed “ICE Out” legislation to supposedly limit ICE operations in Philadelphia. asserted
Council → call → Philadelphia
Nevertheless, over the past two weeks, the anti-ICE rage has inexplicably risen again. asserted
rage → rise → weeks
Despite multiple high-profile killings in the past few months, including those of Billy Schmidt, a Penn State University student, and Philadelphia police officer Shane Seiber, two City Council members focused on matters that really have zero relevance to the city and organized two “ICE Out” activist training sessions. asserted
that → include → sessions
So I went undercover, using an alias, dressed up as a left-wing activist (or as close to one as I could envision, anyway), and infiltrated them both. uncertain
I → go → them
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