Immigrants are being swamped with social media rumors about possible raids

Mario, who is in the U.S. without legal status, shows a social media hoax he saw on his phone warning of immigration checkpoints in Sacramento, Calif. Jude Joffe-Block/NPR

Jude Joffe-Block/NPR

Social media posts warning of Immigration and Customs Enforcement checkpoints on some of Sacramento’s busiest streets spread quickly in the local Latino immigrant community last week.

“Share and spread this information,” one TikToker told her 36,000 followers in Spanish.

The message provoked fear. But there have not been signs of ICE checkpoints in Sacramento. ICE did not return a request for