Does a viral video document mass deportations of Walmart workers carried out by ICE? No, that's not true: The clip was produced by AI. It displayed the telling signs pointing to the artificial nature of the video, such as an ICE officer lacking his head.
The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published on TikTok on October 22, 2025. A clip that purported to show a scene taking place in front of a Walmart store included three banners. The first displayed two U.S. flags. The second one contained a number:
897.
The third banner -- on the bottom -- read:
Deportation. 😢🫣
This is what the video looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
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The audio track contained the following exchange:
- Keep sitting. Do not move your hands. Stay in place. Quiet down. You're all under arrest for immigration violations, trying to make a living. Sit still. Transport is on its way.
-Let them go!
The video included a person in the "POLICE ICE" vest, thus, implying that the clip showed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deporting employees at one of the Walmart stores.
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The frame seen above gives away the first clue that the video was not authentic: We see a headless "ICE agent":
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Later, we see another officer pierced through by the yellow tape...
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...while moments later the tape magically exists his body without causing a life-threatening condition:
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Meanwhile, the background, the words on protesters' banners suddenly disappear:
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Finally, we see one of the purported Walmart employees with their head unnaturally turned in the wrong direction from their knee and elbow, making one or the other half of their body backward:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at tiktok.com/@jocelynpierre86)
