JD Vance gives ICE ‘absolute immunity’ – and guess what happens next?

Following the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota, JD Vance said that agents of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have ‘absolute immunity’. Since then, border patrol agents have allegedly shot two people in Portland, in a sign that federal agents may now feel like they can act with impunity:

BREAKING: US Customs and Border Protection agents reportedly have shot two people in Portland, Oregon today.

This comes as JD Vance claimed that ICE agents have “absolute immunity.”

They are seemingly giving their federal agents permission to do anything. The fascism is real. pic.twitter.com/bgwdC4Wuiy

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 8, 2026

BREAKING: Vice president JD Vance just acknowledged that the Trump administration is covering up the evidence in the ICE killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.

He just claimed that the ICE agent has "absolute immunity" from prosecution.

Don't tell me they're not the Gestapo. pic.twitter.com/moQBBY5AYX

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 8, 2026

Censorship

A report from the Portland police bureau explained:

Two people are in the hospital following a shooting involving federal agents.

On Thursday, January 8, 2026, at 2:18 p.m., Portland Police Officers responded to the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street on a report of a shooting. Officers confirmed that federal agents had been involved in a shooting. Portland Police were not involved in the incident.

At 2:24 p.m., officers received information that a man who had been shot was calling and requesting help in the area of Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside. Officers responded and found a male and female with apparent gunshot wounds. Officers applied a tourniquet and summoned emergency medical personnel. The patients were transported to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown. Officers have determined the two people were injured in the shooting involving federal agents.

While FBI Portland did post the story to X, they’ve since censored themselves:

🚨NOW THIS: Why did the FBI of Portland just delete this tweet?

This is only adding confusion to the chaotic situation. My god. pic.twitter.com/QkRZRkXZbH

— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) January 9, 2026

Re Portland shootings, emphasis mine—

The DHS account 48 minutes ago:

“An agent fired A defensive SHOT”

DHS spox seven minutes later:

“An agent fired defensive SHOTS”

They’re already muddying the story here after blatantly lying about Minneapolis yesterday pic.twitter.com/Wxzbr7K89R

— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) January 9, 2026

US ICE oppression: bring it on say ‘patriots’

The rampant rise of authoritarianism in the West has sparked fear for many on the left. We wrote in September how Trump has vowed to ‘take out’ opponents to fascism, with Skwawkbox reporting:

This beyond-satire madness would be hilarious if it had not been made by people in authority who are already invading US cities, kidnapping people off the street and killing them if they resist and planning to seize absolute power, even if they can’t help embarrassing themselves in the process

JD Vance has since appeared to confirm our worst fears by describing leftists as ‘terrorists’ and ICE as the good guys:

🚨BREAKING: JD Vance SLAMS the media for not adopting the Administration’s bullshit narrative that the woman ICE killed was a terrorist:

“That woman is part of a broader left wing network to dox, assault, and make it impossible for ICE to do its job.”

F*ck you, JD Vance. pic.twitter.com/LhWbI9qCjU

— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) January 8, 2026

Concerningly, far-right US ‘patriots’ don’t seem to have any issue with trigger-happy federal agents:

Here’s how the Christlike & loving “pro-life” MAGA response to the shooting of two human beings in Portland, Oregon, is going already

🤬🤬🤬#AbolishICE pic.twitter.com/wsnSQDCXCh

— Tara Dublin, Rock Star Author & Political Savant (@taradublinrocks) January 9, 2026

Defiant Oregon Congresswoman Janelle Bynum said ‘stop fucking with us’ on X, arguing that deploying these forces to American cities amounts to state-sponsored terrorism:

Stop fucking with us. pic.twitter.com/yWnzawOWYX

— Rep. Janelle Bynum (@RepBynum) January 9, 2026

Deliberate fascist agenda

Bynum issued a stark warning to people in Portland, arguing that Trump is deliberately targeting Portland due to its history of exposing “how ridiculous” Republican policies are. She plead with local US citizens not to ‘take the bait’ which would then reward the government’s blatant provocations with a license to bring fascism to their communities.

Here in Portland, we’ve already showed the President how ridiculous his policies are. pic.twitter.com/pEbfhOslfR

— Rep. Janelle Bynum (@RepBynum) January 9, 2026

As we reported, politicians like Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have expressed an intention to bring ICE-style enforcement to the UK.

Our politics is heading increasingly in a dangerous direction.

We must, and will, resist. pic.twitter.com/Ib8yZhVrhC

— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) January 8, 2026

Featured image via WKRN