‘People got scared’: Social media misinformation stirs fear of Tulsa ICE raids [Video]

TULSA, Okla. — Ambasio Melo sells oranges from the back of a truck at Plaza Santa Cecilia.

His little business sits between food trucks ordinarily busy with the lunch crowd during a Friday noon hour. But Jan. 24, almost no one showed up to buy his oranges.

“Not just me,” he said, “but all of ’em real slow – like the trailers here maybe see like two, three people all day, all week ’cause people are scared to go shopping or go to work.”

He told 2 News the reason is on their phones. Fake social media posts popping up in the wake of President Trump signing a flurry of orders he said would crack down on illegal immigration.

Some posts warn people to stay away from certain parts of Tulsa, claiming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents target those areas.

Melo said, “You see the videos on the phone, …