Anti-ICE agitators mistake TSA air marshals for ICE agents, heckle them at Los Angeles-area restaurant

A radical of anti-ICE agitators mistakenly heckled 3 national aerial marshals who they thought were U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents eating meal astatine a Los Angeles-area edifice Wednesday night. 

The agents, who are portion of the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA), protecting passengers and unit connected U.S. aircraft, were eating erstwhile a radical of radical gathered extracurricular Ten-Raku, a Korean BBQ edifice successful the Plaza Mexico buying halfway successful Lynwood.

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital that the TSA employees were "surrounded and viciously harassed by a frenzied mob."

"These agitators were incited by left-wing politicians who judge each employees of the Department of Homeland Security should beryllium targeted and attacked for supporting President Trump and Secretary Noem’s mandate from the American radical to enforce our nation’s migration laws," the spokesperson said. 

A pistillate believed to beryllium 1 of the organizers of the protestation told Fox 11 that the radical thought the TSA agents were "potentially" ICE employees. She past followed a Fox 11 newsman wrong the edifice and told workers not to talk with him. 

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"Yeah, atrocious to you," she said. "Nobody's going to speech to you." 

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department was called to the country to reconstruct control. The TSA agents were escorted retired of the edifice and nary 1 was arrested oregon harmed. 

The Ten-Raku, a Korean BBQ edifice successful Lynwood, California. Anti-ICE agitators gathered extracurricular the edifice connected Wednesday aft they mistakenly identified 3 TSA workers arsenic migration agents.  (Getty Images; Google Maps)

"Deputies responded to guarantee nationalist safety, de-escalated the situation, and facilitated a harmless solution without incident," the sheriff's section told Fox News Digital. 

The bureau noted that it doesn't enactment successful immoderate civilian migration enforcement activities. 

The TSA agents were seen speaking with sheriff's deputies extracurricular the edifice arsenic they were shouted down by the demonstrators outside. 

"F****** goofys," 1 pistillate is heard shouting. 

"We're TSA," different pistillate is heard saying successful a mocking tone. 

The TSA blamed elected officials opposed to the enforcement of migration laws for rhetoric against national instrumentality enforcement personnel. 

"The mob believed these TSA officials were ICE agents," TSA spokesperson Nick Dyer told Fox News Digital. "They were not, but the connection to Americans is clear: agitators and politicians who instrumentality the flames of hatred are tacitly endorsing violence against each Department of Homeland Security employee."

"It is reprehensible, but not surprising, that definite pro-illegal-alien politicians are consenting to fto our employees beryllium collateral harm successful their run for unfastened borders. The convulsive rhetoric that is fanning these flames indispensable stop," Dyer added. 

After the chaotic scene, a lawsuit extracurricular the edifice told the section quality outlet that migration enforcement operations are "emotional" but that "there is simply a spot and clip for everything."

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"It happens! You instrumentality it retired connected the incorrect people, which, aforesaid happening arsenic ICE. They accidental they're aft criminals, but they're taking it retired connected everybody," the antheral added. 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to ICE, TSA and the Department of Homeland Security. 

Wednesday's incidental wasn't a one-off. In Minneapolis, wherever tensions person flared implicit ICE operations and 2 deadly shootings involving anti-ICE agitators, a radical of bundle engineers were heckled portion eating luncheon aft they were mistaken for ICE agents. 

The men – each achromatic males dressed casually successful sweatshirts and jackets -- were eating luncheon astatine Clancey’s Deli erstwhile 1 of them got an alert connected an anti-Ice Signal chat telling members that plainclothes agents were astatine the restaurant, Alpha News reported. 

One of the men, who is politically aligned with the anti-ICE cause, received the connection connected a Signal chat. 

"My person was shocked. He’s connected the [anti-ICE] broadside politically. He lives nearby. He’s eaten determination before. And abruptly he’s seeing messages saying we’re ICE," a antheral who gave his sanction arsenic Lee told the outlet.

A radical of Minneapolis bundle engineers were bombarded with insults aft they were mistakenly identified arsenic U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents portion eating luncheon astatine a restaurant.   (Alpha News)

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 Once outside, the men were met connected the thoroughfare with heckles from the crowd. 

"You’re a f------ bootlicker b----!" 1 of the agitators tin beryllium heard.

"Get retired of our f------ neighborhood!" screamed another.