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An ICE traffic stop takes an unexpected turn when the man they pulled over turns out to be far more informed than they expected.
Watch as this citizen confidently challenges the agents, quotes the law, and completely changes the power dynamic in seconds.

Captured on real dashcam and bodycam footage, this tense encounter shows what happens when authority meets awareness.
This is not a scripted video — every word and reaction is real.Viewer discretion is advised — intense verbal confrontation ahead.
🎯 Watch till the end to see how quickly the ICE agents backtrack once they realize their mistake!

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00:00How's it going? How are you? Lower your window. Lower your window.
00:09Lower your window. In New Mexico, that is Robert Trudell.
00:14He is at a border patrol checkpoint on US 70 and knows his rights.
00:18Know what? Lower your window.
00:25The agent escalates and blocks the vehicle.
00:28Stop sticks. Lower your window. Why not? It's an immigration inspection.
00:37Hello everybody, David Schuster here. Unbeknownst to the immigration inspection agent,
00:42Robert Trudell is a citizen journalist. He records his interactions,
00:46including with law enforcement and publishes the video on his YouTube channel.
00:52It's an immigration inspection, sir. Lower your window.
00:58Federal law grants border patrol agents the authority to question people about immigration
01:03status. But the law does not mandate lowering a window. And the Fifth Amendment right against
01:09self-incrimination still applies. Meaning that all of us have a right to stay silent
01:15and not answer questions.
01:24No, just somebody else. Where's he from? Arizona.
01:30In this case, with Trudell's car blocking an inspection lane,
01:33an agent moves a border patrol vehicle. So other drivers behind Trudell can get passed.
01:39Do you ever keep on the car? Do you ever keep on the car? No.
01:52Do you ever keep on the car? Do you ever keep on the car? Do you ever keep on the car?
02:03Hey, you're probably going to have to do more than that.
02:05Do you ever keep on the car? Do you ever keep on the car? Do you ever keep on the car?
02:15Sorry about that, man.
02:16No, you're good.
02:27As the customs agent with the hat stands bewildered,
02:31a supervisor takes photographs of Trudell.
02:50It could be as easy as that. But I don't know what. Talk to me.
03:01You need to talk to me, man.
03:08As more vehicles pass by and are waved through, the questions keep coming.
03:14Are you okay? Do I need to call an ambulance for you?
03:20Sir?
03:20Are you in some type of physical distress?
03:37You're just doing this for fun?
03:48Yeah, no one agrees.
04:10It'll be so much easier if you talk to me, man.
04:12I know you can hear me.
04:28How long are we going to stay here, man?
04:54Judell doesn't respond.
04:55He just remains quiet and calm.
04:58The agents eventually realize that Trudell is filming them and that he's a constitutional
05:09auditor of sorts.
05:11He's got multiple texts, we're doing this pushing.
05:19The supervisor through a license plate check and facial recognition data gets Trudell's
05:24identity and confirmation that he is a U.S. citizen.
05:28The supervisor then instructs the agents to do a visual inspection from outside Trudell's
05:33car.
05:34He's looking for it.
05:36Good man!
05:39Then the agents pick up the stop sticks.
06:07We find you on the system, you're a United States citizen.
06:12Have a good day, sir.
06:13Bye.
06:15We can move on.
06:16You have a good one.
06:17Be safe on the road.
06:20Udell then drove away from the checkpoint without further incident.
06:26This entire interaction lasted about 10 minutes.
06:30While the Immigration and Customs Agency seemed perplexed and a bit confused, the good news
06:35is that they did not trample on Trudeau's constitutional rights.
06:39The agents didn't pull him out of his vehicle, taser him or take the sort of violent action
06:44that countless other law enforcement officers have engaged in when confronted with similar
06:49assertions of constitutional rights.
06:51To be fair, Trudeau likely benefited from being white and having a name that doesn't even sound
06:57Latino.
06:58The Trump administration has now asked the US Supreme Court to rule that skin color or
07:02Hispanic names qualify as probable cause for searches and arrest.
07:07That's also known as racial profiling, which the courts have long ruled against.
07:12But in the meantime, kudos to Robert Trudeau for his stoicism and determination.
07:18He underscored how informed citizens can assert their rights to limit law enforcement overreach.
07:25By the way, ICE agents in Los Angeles recently arrested and assaulted a US citizen and are
07:30now gonna pay for it.
07:32Get off her head.
07:33Get off me.
07:34Get off me.
07:35Get off me.
07:36Get off me.
07:37Get it off.
07:38Get back, get back, get back.
07:39Get off her head.
07:40Get off me.
07:41In Los Angeles, that is Amanda Trebach, a nurse and US citizen who was observing ICE agents
07:47near their staging area.
07:48Get off me.
07:49Get off me.
07:50Get off me.
07:51Get off me.
07:52Get off me.
07:53Get off me.
07:54Get off me.
07:55Get off me.
07:56Get off me.
07:57Get off me.
07:58Get off me.
07:59Get off me.
08:00I need to be 10 feet, so.
08:01You guys get her in the van?
08:02Sir?
08:03You okay?
08:04Yeah, my keys are in there.
08:05Okay.
08:06Get back.
08:07Get back.
08:08I need to get 10 feet away from that.
08:09It is 10 feet.
08:10You were brown, man.
08:11You should be ashamed of your mother house.
08:15Check out that video at the link below.
08:17It generated a lot of comments on YouTube.
08:19One of the most pop was from Linda who wrote, ICE's budget is going to be consumed by paying
08:24out lawsuits.
08:26Indeed.
08:27I look forward to reading your comments about customs checkpoint officers in New Mexico
08:32who clearly regretted stopping an informed citizen.
08:37I'm David Schuster.
08:39Thanks for joining us.
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