‘A mask can’t hide you from God’: can you shame an ICE agent into quitting?

Some activists believe protesting against ICE is ineffective, instead appealing to agents’ morality through both guilt and compassion. But are ICE agents capable of remorse? In November 2025, a TV ad began running in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Palm Beach, Florida. In it, a little girl with blond hair in a ponytail lies on her belly, working on a coloring book. A nearby TV blares with images of immigrants being brutalized by ICE agents. The front door opens and the girl bounces up, rushing...

By John Semley