DHS Issued a Nationwide Alert on a Comedian Who Created a Parody ICE Tip Website

The Department of Homeland Security circulated a nationwide “Be on the Lookout” (Bolo) alert to law enforcement targeting Ben Palmer, a Nashville comedian whose satirical videos of prank calls with people who believed they were reporting immigrants to ICE went viral. Civil-liberties advocates say using a federal law-enforcement alert against a satirist raises serious free-speech concerns.