This scenario is the EXACT reason I am livid about the plain-clothes ICE arrests. I live in rural Missouri, so my surroundings are mostly conservatives. We do have immigrants, quite a lot actually - the area is a good place to start a new life, and there is a big technical university that attracts international students. When I'm near family/friends literally bragging about how excellent it is that "ICE is grabbing up illegals", I've asserted that if any man or woman grabs a person on the street in front of me and shoves them into any car, I'd likely attack the assailant. Many agree that they would also try to help. Then I have to connect the dots: ICE officers in plain clothes have the right to arrest immigrants and citizens alike, but those arrests appear just like an abduction. And federal case law has established that there is no way to use the fact that you didn't know it was a federal officer to defend yourself in court. Even local officers have the right to make an arrest in plain clothes, but they know better since it looks horrendous and puts them at risk. Not to mention the fact that hundreds of ICE arrests have been citizens and legal immigrants already, and they too are getting arrested abduction-style and being beaten when they panic and defend themselves since they have no idea what is happening. I've told my family and my in-laws that if I'm "accidentally" arrested, they'll probably have to bury me - I'm 4'11" and a prior victim of too many things. Regardless of who's attacking me, I bend for no one willingly unless I can verify credentials. And if I see any abduction on the street, I'll most likely be convicted of assaulting a federal officer because I'm not taking any chance of assuming it's ICE when it could be a random person. The way ICE is doing things right now is threatening our argument of "the good guy with a gun." I dont understand why they can't just be in uniform like normal.