Is ICE offering $750 for each "illegal immigrant" that you "turn in through their tip form"? No, that's not true: Immigration and Customs Enforcement does have an online tip form, but there was "no guarantee" at the time of writing that the tip would result in financial compensation. There is no evidence on the ICE website that tips concerning illegal immigrants will earn a person $750.
The claim appeared in a post on X (archived here) on January 20, 2025. It read:
🚨 BREAKING: ICE is allegedly offering $750 per illegal immigrant that you turn in through their tip form.
You can call the ICE hotline at 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423)
Are you ready.
This is what the post looked like at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot taken on Tue Jan 21 14:46:50 2025 UTC)
There's no additional information that could confirm the claim in the post.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, does have an online tip form for the public. On the tip form page there's a sentence that reads:
Although there is absolutely no guarantee that tip information provided will result in monetary payments, ICE has the discretion and statutory authorization to pay for information and/or evidence that is used in support of criminal investigations.
There is also no evidence on the ICE website that tip information on "illegal immigrants" will result in a $750 payout (archived here).
A Google News search of keywords relating to this claim yielded no legitimate evidence that this rumor was based in reality (archived here).
Lead Stories has contacted ICE's Office of Public Affairs and will update this article when a response is received.
More Lead Stories fact checks of claims concerning immigration into the United States can be found here.
