Man arrested after wearing ICE gear at Miami polling site

Danilo Alves Silva was arrested after wearing clothing marked with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement insignia at a polling site for Brazil’s presidential election in Miami, where voters appeared to believe he was a federal agent, according to a Miami-Dade arrest report. Silva, 46, faces arrest-stage allegations including voter intimidation, conspiracy to commit bribery, threatening a public servant and unlawful use of a police badge or insignia. The case’s final legal outcome is not established in the available information. The polling site was at Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus. The arrest report says Silva walked between polling locations wearing a blue ICE jacket and hat, sunglasses, a face covering, jeans and tactical-style boots. He also carried a handheld radio, according to some accounts. Detectives and sheriff’s deputies intervened after a person confronted Silva about his clothing and an argument began, the report says. According to the report, people at the site appeared afraid, believing an ICE agent might interfere with voting or deport people. Silva told investigators he was not a federal agent.