San Diego ICE arrest photo goes mega-viral for surprising reason

A cheeky ICE arrest photo showing the capture of an illegal Mexican migrant has gone mega-viral for an unexpected reason after being shared online — and many are accusing authorities of deliberately staging the photo for clicks.

The picture of Diego Hernandez, 42, posed next to a female ICE agent — who has her back to the camera and her hair flicked over her shoulder, while dressed in tight black pants — has almost 25 million views since being posted on X by the San Diego, California branch of ICE on Saturday.

ICE arrest photos are commonly staged so the arresting agent’s face is hidden to protect their identity, but this particular photo, of a sullen Hernandez wearing shorts and a South Park T-shirt, next to a curvy agent, took off on social media.

“Am I f–king crazy, or is this them trying to humiliate a random immigrant and using an ICE agent’s fat delicious a– just to make sure it gains traction,” one X user asked, sharing the picture.

“The Cartman shirt, the ICE agent facing the wall for no reason other than to show her a–, this is art. The parallels one could draw from this are endless. Satire is dead,” a second user wrote.

“Anyone have the federal agents @,” a third asked.

“If I renounce my citizenship, does that mean they will send her… to my house? asking for a friend,” another joked.

Hernandez, who has multiple drunk driving convictions, was arrested in San Diego after local law enforcement notified ICE, according to officials.

He is expected to be deported to Mexico.

“ICE San Diego arrested Diego Hernandez, 42, an illegal alien from Mexico with multiple convictions for DUI and repeated illegal re-entry into the U.S.,” ICE San Diego said in a statement regarding the arrest.

“He chose to break our laws again and again. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal- because public safety comes first.”