On May 21, 2026, The Intercept reported, based on internal records it obtained, that the Colorado Information Analysis Center, a state fusion center, had warned law enforcement offices across the country in a March 2026 bulletin about the Department of Homeland Security's own ICE recruitment posts. The bulletin cautioned that violent extremists might perceive “White Supremacy Ideology in ICE Recruitment Materials, Leading to a Potentially Increased Threat Environment,” and that the posts could create a “permissive environment to engage in vigilante action and/or violence against individuals perceived to be immigrants.”
The posts were made under then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The bulletin cited a January 9 DHS post on X captioned “We'll have our home again,” which it said “is a lyric from a song popular within and adopted by white nationalist organizations.” It flagged DHS's frequent use of the term “remigration,” which the analysts said “dates back to 1930s Germany,” and its use of the “Moon Man” meme, a figure adopted by online racists. Australia's ABC had documented the same song and meme in DHS posts in March.
The analysts warned that the posts could convince “white supremacist violent extremists to attempt to join or infiltrate ICE and engage in bias motivated violence, endangering the public, other ICE personnel, and local law enforcement.” They reported that such groups had been “advocating for their followers to join ICE and/or musing about the potential for ICE to turn into a white supremacist militia,” including talk of a “breakaway militia” in one neo-Nazi channel. The bulletin included a disclaimer that it was not intended “to imply ideological alignment between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and white supremacist ideology.” It also warned that antifascist activists might see ICE personnel as complicit in white supremacy, “therefore creating perceived justification for violence targeting those individuals.”
The Intercept called the bulletin “the first indication that state officials in the U.S. counter-terrorism establishment are concerned about the messaging of DHS under Trump.” ICE and DHS did not respond to The Intercept's requests for comment. DHS later attacked the bulletin, saying in June: “It is gross that Senator Whitehouse and the state of Colorado are actively weaponizing official law enforcement bulletins to promote dangerous anti-ICE conspiracy theories.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse had asked Secretary Markwayne Mullin to assure that the department had not been “infiltrated by violent extremists.” Questioned about the bulletin at a June 3 House hearing, Mullin said, “There is no facts.”
Correction (October 2, 2026): This entry previously said the bulletin warned “the federal government” and that ICE and DHS “declined to comment.” According to The Intercept, the bulletin went to law enforcement offices nationwide, and ICE and DHS did not respond to requests for comment; DHS later publicly attacked the bulletin. The entry also omitted the bulletin's disclaimer that it did not imply ideological alignment between DHS and white-supremacist ideology, and its parallel warning about antifascist violence. Those points have been corrected.