Ben Leo went on a ride along with a group of ICE agents

GB News Ben Leo accompanied ICE agents as they tracked down an illegal immigrant in Florida (Image: GB News)

GB News presenter Ben Leo found himself caught up in a tense migrant raid as he went on a ride along with ICE agents in Florida. The star eschewed his usual smart suit to wear a bullet proof vest as he headed out for the night with the team who were specifically in search of an illegal immigrant who was a Guatemalen national and wanted for drugs offences.

“It’s four in the morning here in southwest Florida behind me now with guys from ICE and the local sheriff’s department in Hendry County are getting ready for this raid,” Leo said talking to camera before they took to the road. The agent explained: “This guy has been expelled twice from the United States under Title 42… We already have a vehicle on site. He’s gonna call out the radio or call on the radio whenever he sees him.”

“We’re trying to locate him, bring him into custody, remove him from our country and send him back,” they continued.

As they approached a car which was believed to contain the suspect Leo gave a detailed account of what was happening stressign the amount of dnager the agents put themselves in by undertaking this work.

While the car they stopped didn’t contain the man they sought it did contain men who were confirmed to be illegal and therefore were taken into custody.

“This very operation this morning just proves the danger that ICE agents put themselves in. It’s foggy here on the side of the road, very, very dangerous indeed,” Leo stressed.

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GB News Ben Leo spoke to an ICE Agent about his work (Image: GB News)

“It takes one vehicle to crash into the back of these cars here for something very tragic to happen. So these guys are putting their health, their safety, their lives on the line each and every day to tackle this illegal migration problem.”

As they continued to search for their target, visiting two more addresses Leo acknowledged the public were noticing them. “This is what you guys face every day, cars driving past, people filming on the roadside?” he asked.

“Correct every day, you know, we have civilians on us, letting the public and the illegals know where we are,” the agent said. “That’s what we deal with every day every day (when) we’re trying to do our jobs. Trying to make (the public) safe, and that’s why (agents) wear masks.

“We’re identified every day, and people go after our families, our homes, the officers, so we don’t do it (wear masks)by choice. We do ti through necessity,” he explained.