Shoppers feeling on edge after fake ICE truck prank at Hispanic grocery store

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DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) – Customers at a shopping center in North Carolina are on edge after a fake ICE truck was parked in the lot as a prank. The entire shopping center is full of businesses that cater to the Hispanic community.

The grocery store, Compare Foods, is the center of the shopping complex. A white truck with what looked like an ICE logo was recently seen in the parking lot, as well as a driver wearing an ICE uniform. It was enough to create rumors of an immigration raid at the store – but it was all a prank. Now, photos of the truck are making the rounds on social media.

One shopper, Rosie de Leon, is originally from Mexico but has called Durham home for eight years. She said it’s sad that people would try to take advantage of the fear within the community right now, and these kinds of antics only embolden people to create more panic. The prank follows news from the Trump administration that previously “safe zones” like schools and churches would no longer be off limits to ICE raids.

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