Comedian Ben Palmer isn’t an ICE officer ― but he’s gotten a pretty good sense of the kinds of anonymous tips the Department of Homeland Security must receive from the public.
That’s because, since January 2025, Palmer has been running an elaborate prank: a fake tip line people can call to report undocumented immigrants. He then posts the calls on YouTube and features some of them in his stand-up comedy.
A year and a half into the gag, the Nashville-based comedian says he’s received hundreds of calls: people reporting their neighbors who side-eyed them, their friend’s immigrant nanny, even someone in the neighborhood who’s driving a car they think is way too nice for them to own.
“Yes, I’ve seen a 20-something-year-old immigrant female driving, like, a brand new Corvette,” the woman says in the clip. “I’m driving a ’95 pickup that’s about halfway running right now, and all these illegals are out here are driving nice cars, buying up properties, stuff like that. I’m, like, what in the world is going on?”
In another call, a man wants to see about getting his estranged wife deported.
