Man who set up fake ICE deportation tip line reveals disturbing call he received

A Nashville comedian set up a fake tip line for people to report anyone who they suspected of being an undocumented immigrant but one call was 'deeply revolting'.

Ben Palmer is known for his comedic stunts which interrogate but also poke fun at aspects of American culture and life.

For his latest project, he decided to go even darker and set up a fake ICE tip line to see if anyone would try calling to report suspected undocumented immigrants.

Unfortunately, what started as a probe to get some new material for his next show became something much darker when Palmer received nearly 100 submissions to his tip line.

And one caller was from a kindergarten teacher who wanted to 'deport the parents of a kindergartener at her school'.

Ben Palmer set up a fake ICE tip line (Getty Stock Images)

In a clip shared to TikTok by 'palmertrolls', Palmer shared an audio recording of part of the alleged conversation between him and the teacher.

In the recording, the comedian can be heard explaining the child was born in New York and is subsequently an American citizen which would mean 'looking to deport the parents and leave the child'.

Noting she's not sure if 'they're here illegally,' the teacher states she just thinks it's 'odd' for the family to 'even be here'.

Despite noting they 'seem like nice people,' the teacher said she'd looked through the school's files and found the couple are from Honduras and then El Salvador.

She added if the parents are 'taking up resources from our county' she's 'not into illegal people being here,' estimating their child is around six or seven years old.

"I can’t help that they have a 6-year-old. That’s on them," she adds.

"Teacher at school wants kindergarten child's parents deported," Palmer states, 'writing down what [she's] telling [him]'.

A kindergarten teacher called the tip line (Getty Stock Images)

The teacher then accuses Palmer: "You make it sound terrible."

A second call then takes place where Palmer tells the teacher he was 'able to confirm [the parents] are documented citizens along with their child'.

"Oh, good," the teacher says.

Palmer states: "It's good because we don't have to deport a six-year-old and yeah, I mean, you know that little fella could've been a threat to our national security."

The teacher responds: "Why are you talking to me like this?" Before asking to speak to Palmer's 'superior'.

In a third call with Palmer's 'supervisor,' she adds: "I'm glad. Like that they're fine folks and belong here and all that good stuff.

"But he was criticising me because there was a six-year-old boy involved [...] and he's acting like I'm this terrible person because I'm going to deport a six-year-old."

And it's not taken long for social media users to weigh in.

Social media users have branded the teacher 'disgusting' (Getty Stock Images)

One TikToker wrote: "This is disgusting."

A second wrote: "That poor baby has no idea his teacher is his enemy, so heartbreaking."

A third alleged: "She can actually get reported for that, 100 percent a FERPA violation."

Tyla has contacted the US Department of Education for comment.

It's important to note Palmer nor the websites he created claim to be a government agency with a disclaimer at the bottom stating its for 'parody, joke purposes and sociological research'.

Still, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told The Washington Post it was 'aware of a fraudulent YouTube page falsely representing ICE'.

It said it 'strongly [condemns] any actions intended to mislead the public or impersonate official government entities'.

Tyla has contacted the Department of Homeland Security for comment.

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