Univision Spotlights Active Obstruction of ICE
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Univision Spotlights Active Obstruction of ICE

It is our long held belief that Univision is, fundamentally, an immigration advocacy organization with broadcast licensing. A recent report from North Carolina extolling active obstruction of ICE operations proves this point. Watch as a North Carolina man describes keeping silent in order to lead ICE to believe he is in the country illegally, in order to protect his father from deportation: XEYLI ALFARO: Trying to buy time, he kept quiet in order to save his father and other workers. FERNANDO VAZQUEZ: They asked me where I was from, and I didn't say anything. I stayed quiet. ALFARO: Upon receiving the call, Fernando's father managed to hide. VAZQUEZ, SENIOR: What I mean is—if I ran in the parking lot they'd catch me, and since the company truck was nearby, I jumped in. I tried to hide in the back seat. ALFARO: He says he stayed there for about 15 minutes without moving, listening as the agents searched the place. It is worth noting that this report ran on prime A-block, so committed is Univision to advocating for open borders and unfettered immigration. The report opens with the young man giving a demonstration of how he activated his phone remotely so he could tip his father off as to the worksite raid. The report shifts to the actual deception: the young man concealing his U.S. citizen status long enough for his illegal alien father to hide from ICE agents. This is followed by reaction from the father, and testimony from another friend who claims to have been reverse-profiled. The report closes with more from the father, who laments having to live in a position of always hiding from the authorities. These victim narratives being allowed to flourish are an essential part of Univision’s immigration advocacy Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on Noticiero Univision on Thursday, November 20th, 2025 ILIA CALDERÓN: From North Carolina comes another account of an ICE operation. Agents arrived at a construction site, and one of the workers only thought about warning his father who wasn't there so he could get to safety. And although he was able to do so, they arrested him despite being a U.S. citizen, as Xeyli Alfaro tells us. FERNANDO VÁZQUEZ: Hey Siri, Call Papi. KHEILI ALFARO: That's how the call went down where Fernando Vázquez saved his father from being arrested by ICE in North Carolina. VAZQUEZ  I thought of calling him on Siri. ALFARO:  Fearing that he’d be shot for getting involved, he reached down his pants to grab his phone and asked the virtual assistant Siri to call his dad.  VAZQUEZ, SENIOR: Hello? VAZQUEZ: Run, run, run! Immigration is here! ALFARO: The 18-year-old, born in the city of Raleigh, says that the officers were passing by the construction site where a daycare center is being built and stopped to question him when they saw him. VAZQUEZ: I don't know if they saw the color of my skin. ALFARO: Trying to buy time, he kept quiet in order to save his father and other workers. VAZQUEZ: They asked me where I was from, and I didn't say anything. I stayed quiet. ALFARO: Upon receiving the call, Fernando's father managed to hide. VAZQUEZ, SENIOR: What I mean is—if I ran in the parking lot they'd catch me, and since the company truck was nearby, I jumped in. I tried to hide in the back seat. ALFARO: He says he stayed there for about 15 minutes without moving, listening as the agents searched the place. After being arrested there, Fernando was put in ICE vans and then driven for two miles. And then they suddenly released him. VAZQUEZ: My wallet. ALFARO: Fernando recounts that the officers searched his wallet and found his documents, yet they still took him away along with other workers. Three people were arrested that day. Mario Benítez is the brother of one of those detained. He maintains that he was spared because of the color of his skin. MARIO BENITEZ: They first asked me if I was born here, I said yes, and then they focused more on my brother, who looks more -um- Hispanic. ALFARO: Fernando ran back to the construction site, drove the truck, and brought his father out, still hiding. The frustration is immense, says Fernando's father, who today, like many families in North Carolina, lives locked inside and, when he goes out into the yard, does so with fear, making sure no one is watching him. In Raleigh, North Carolina, Xeyli Alfaro, Univision.