A comedian created a fake Department of Homeland Security tip line, exposing the nature of real immigration tip calls and increasing ICE enforcement.

Ben Palmer, a stand-up comic in Nashville, has built a following online with his signature style of elaborate deadpan pranks, stumbling his way onto court TV shows and pyramid-scheme calls to poke fun ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Comedian Ben Palmer isn’t an ICE officer ― but he’s gotten a pretty good sense of the kinds of anonymous tips the Department of ...

The Department of Homeland Security recently sent out a nationwide warning about a clever prank aimed at outing people who try to report undocumented immigrants. A comedian managed to set up a fake ...

Comedian Ben Palmer has gone viral by posing as a tip line operator for people to report their neighbors to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Comedian Ben Palmer specializes in pranks. One of his more recent ideas for a prank was to set up a fake tip line for people to call in and report undocumented immigrants. He got hundreds of calls.