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America inches into fascism: ICE arrests U.S. citizen, then tells him to "shave your beard"

America inches into fascism: ICE arrests U.S. citizen, then tells him to "shave your beard"

Carla Sinclair
Jul 29, 2025
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Image: ICE agents; Copyright Lawrey / shutterstock.com

You know you've fallen into fascist territory when ICE agents arrest a U.S. citizen who has no criminal record and then tell him to shave his beard. Which is what happened to a 33-year-old Houston man whose looks got him arrested and detained.

Miguel Ponce Jr, born in Texas, was on his way to work whe…

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