ICE Immigration Raid in St. Thomas Captured on Video Amid Nationwide Crackdown

On Sunday morning, a residence in Estate Dorothea was the target of what appeared to be an immigration enforcement action, coinciding with a nationwide crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The operation is part of the Trump administration’s expanded efforts to deport undocumented immigrants, with ICE ramping up enforcement actions across multiple states and U.S. territories.

Video timestamped just after 9:30 a.m. from a neighboring building's surveillance cameras captured several unmarked SUVs pulling up on a quiet street. Several individuals, some wearing vests marked “POLICE” and some carrying what appear to be firearms, can be seen exiting the vehicles and walking to the front of the target house.

From a different angle of the target home, other surveillance video shows at least two people jumping off the porch at the side of the building, presumably in an attempt to evade detention. Shouts of “Hey, stop moving!” can be heard, as law enforcement officials notice the fleeing men.

The three and a half minute video, posted by public broadcaster WTJX, then shows a few of the officials gingerly making their way down the rocky slope after those that had run from the house, shouting “Police!” “Stop!” as they went. One particularly large man, wearing a vest marked “HSI”, can be seen turning back halfway down the slope, choosing instead to point out a target's location to his colleagues who had circled around to the bottom via a different route.