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AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment

Jason Parham

created: Jan. 29, 2026, 7:07 p.m. | updated: Feb. 1, 2026, 10:56 a.m.

A New York City school principal, waving a bat, stops masked ICE agents from trying to enter the building behind her, and instead of violence, the encounter erupts with cheers from onlookers. The videos, equal parts tense and bombastic, are also clearly AI-generated. “Over the last decade, social media served that role by giving a voice to people who lacked access to traditional media. The account has uploaded more than 1,000 videos, often of people of color fighting off ICE agents, to his Instagram and Facebook pages since Good was shot on January 7. Humor also plays an important role in these fan-fiction-style videos.

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