In a threatening and odd fundraising email for President Donald Trump, MAGA donors were warned that anyone who doesn't respond to a survey validating they are American citizens would be tracked down by ICE.
The request for money — and threat — was sent by the Never Surrender, Inc PAC this week and had the subject line "Are you an illegal alien?" The Daily Beast reported. The move was questioned and criticized as a bizarre and unusual appeal to request funding.
“I reached out last week about my Citizens Only Survey,” the email said. “Your file says you’re a top MAGA patriot... But my records to my survey STILL say: RESPONSE PENDING. Don’t tell me, you’re an Illegal Alien?!? That cannot be true!”
It ended with another lingering and menacing ultimatum.
“This is your FINAL MOMENT to Prove me wrong—please. Are you a proud American Citizen or does ICE need to come and track you down?”
Journalist Brian Karem described his reaction to receiving the email in a post on X.
“I can’t say I’m surprised, but . . . The Donald just asked ME and anyone who didn’t answer his survey if we are ILLEGAL ALIENS,” Karem wrote on X. “And then? He threatened to have ICE come and track me down. Maybe we just think you’re an a--hole.”
The email was sent just days after ICE agents gunned down and killed 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis amid criticism from Republicans and the general public that the Trump administration's aggressive immigration tactics have gone too far.