on July 26, 2025, 12:27 pm
‘You Have No Rights, You’re a Migo’: Teenage U.S. Citizen Secretly Recorded His ICE Arrest
Kathryn Wilken
Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old American citizen, secretly recorded his violent ICE arrest in May, capturing officers declaring he has “no rights, you’re a migo brother,” as his friends were pinned to the ground, choked, and tasered.
The incident took place on May 2 in North Palm Beach, when Laynez-Ambrosio and two friends were pulled over while his mother was driving. A routine traffic stop over a suspended license quickly escalated after local police called Border Patrol.
Though Laynez-Ambrosio repeatedly stated he was a citizen and provided identification, his two friends were undocumented. Agents dragged one friend out of the van, slammed him to the ground, and deployed a stun gun on his back. The other friend was put in a chokehold after the officer “popped the door open.”
Laynez-Ambrosio was pushed to the ground and had a stun gun aimed at him. He was subsequently held in a cell at a Customs and Border Protection station for 6 hours, later being charged with obstruction without violence and sentenced to 10 hours of community service and a four-hour anger management course.
He claims his friends were not trying to resist, but rather spoke only Spanish and couldn’t understand the agent’s request. He believes his two friends have been released on bail and are awaiting their court hearings, but says it’s been “difficult to stay in touch with them.”
“They’re starting to resist more now,” one officer can be heard saying in the video, to which another responds, “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
Celebratory exclaimations from agents can also be heard, as well as talk of a potential “$30,000 bonus.” Notably, President Donald Trump’s recent Big Beautiful Bill reserves $170 billion to support the administration’s immigration policy.
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