Friday, February 6, 2026 3:47AM
PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (WPVI) — The federal government has confirmed a confrontation that happened in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania on Tuesday was an arrest carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
The video was recorded in a parking lot off Bridge Street.
It shows a chaotic scene in which several agents pull a man from a vehicle, as bystanders shout.
Video showing what appears to be a confrontation involving suspected immigration agents in Phoenixville has sparked alarm among local advocates.
The Department of Homeland Security says agents used “minimum amount of force” to arrest two men.
According to officials, both of them are from Guatemala and are in the country illegally.
DHS says one of them was previously arrested on a DUI charge. The other was previously removed from the U.S. in 2017 and chose to illegally re-enter, which is a federal felony offense.
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