Does a video show immigrationt officers carrying out enforcement on Miami Beach in January 2025? No, that's not true: This footage is of Hyundai's 2024 air-and-sea show on Miami Beach. While the official website for the 2025 show promotes Customs and Border Patrol and their "exercise" for the show on Memorial Day Weekend, there is no evidence that they will be carrying out deportations while there.
The claim appeared in a post on X (archived here) on January 28, 2025. The caption read:
First we got snow and now we got ice... let it rip tater chip. Deport Deport Deport.
This is what the post looked like at the time of writing:
(Source: X screenshot taken on Wed Jan 29 14:23:51 2025 UTC)
The 20-second TikTok clip showed uniformed men with guns running up the beach. The video then pans to the sky where two tactical helicopters are seen flying above a body of water.
The creator of this post on X does not provide viewers with any evidence that what is being shown is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement situation, as implied in the post's reference to "now we got ice" and "Deport Deport Deport."
Visiting the TikTok account that can be seen on-screen in the claim, Lead Stories found that this user geotagged their location as "Florida." Evidence of this is below. Highlighting by Lead Stories:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Wed Jan 29 16:14:09 2025 UTC)
On-screen text seen on the TikTok mentioned "Miami Beach" as well.
Lead Stories searched (archived here) keywords on Google News, an online news archive, and did not find any evidence of video footage of an ICE raid being conducted in Miami Beach in January 2025.
A reverse image search (archived here) of a still from the claim led us to a YouTube video (archived here) titled, "Epic HYUNDAI Air & Sea Show Miami Beach 2024." The video, posted on May 25, 2024, showed an almost identical shot of uniformed men running up onto a beach and helicopters flying above them. Evidence of these images are below. Highlighting by Lead Stories:
(Source: YouTube screenshot taken on Wed Jan 29 17:35:03 2025 UTC)
(Source: YouTube screenshot taken on Wed Jan 29 17:48:16 2025 UTC)
According to the official website (archived here) of the show, the event takes place on Miami Beach and showcases "men, women, technology, and equipment from all six branches of the United States Military." The site also mentions that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol will be present at the 2025 show, performing "interdiction exercises." There is no evidence that they will be carrying out a deportation.
The 2024 schedule of the show listed the dates as May 25 and 26 (archived here). That schedule also mentioned the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and their "exercises," but does not mention deportations or a raid. Evidence of that mention is below; highlighting in blue by Lead Stories:
(Source: Usasalute.com screenshot taken on Wed Jan 29 18:17:17 2025 UTC)
We have contacted ICE and will update this article when a relevant response is received.
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