Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been forced to delete a graphic claiming that its job is to stop illegal "ideas" from entering the United States.
"If it crosses the border illegally, it's our job to STOP IT," the graphic on ICE's since-deleted X post reads. Among the things that could "illegally" enter American soil, the agency listed "people, money, products, ideas."
In a statement to Futurism and other outlets, ICE media lead Mike Alvarez insisted that the graphic was posted in error.
"That post was sent without proper approval and should not have been shared," Alvarez told us. "'Ideas' should have said 'intellectual property.'"