Kindergarten Teacher Calls ICE On Student's Parents

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Overview

Kindergarten Teacher Calls ICE On Student's Parents refers to backlash over a viral video by YouTuber Ben Palmer in which he shares a recording of a kindergarten teacher calling into his fake ICE tip line to report one of her students' parents, whom she suspects to be undocumented. The video was uploaded on February 2nd, 2026, and went viral over the following days, inspiring reactions from some people on social media, including attempts to find the teacher and get her fired.

Background

On February 2nd, 2026, YouTuber^[1] Ben Palmer posted a video titled "Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported" that gained over 350,000 views in two days.

In the video, Palmer shares a recording from a fake ICE tip line that he set up. The caller claims to be a kindergarten teacher and wants to report the parents of one of her students, who she thinks might be illegal immigrants, but is unsure. She wants to leave the child but have the parents deported. Palmer sarcastically responds to her, pretends to look up the family's immigration status, and tells her they're legal. She demands to speak to his supervisor for making her "seem like a bad person" for wanting to deport a 6-year-old.

The video was also posted to the @palmertrolls TikTok^[2] account, garnering over 8 million views in two days.

Online Reactions

The video went viral over the following days in early 2026 on sites like X / Twitter and Reddit, inspiring backlash from many.

On February 2nd, 2026, it was reposted to the /r/ThereWasAnAttempt^[3] subreddit with the title, "By a kindergarten teacher to get her student's parents deported," garnering over 10,000 upvotes in two days.

That day, X^[4] user @TheWarMonitor reposted the video, garnering over 20,000 likes and 630,000 views in two days. It was also posted by X^[5] user @LongTimeHistory, garnering over 1.4 million views and 23,000 likes in two days.

On February 3rd, 2026, the video was reposted to the /r/BlackPeopleofReddit,^[6] /r/TikTokCringe^[7] and /r/UnderReportedNews^[8] subreddits, gaining over 33,000, 6,600 and 12,000 upvotes respectively in a day.

That same day, X^[9] user @tiff4mahogany posted, "I really hope someone recognizes that kindergarten teacher’s voice and she gets exposed. She’s a ghoul," garnering over 6,300 likes in a day.