Ben Cohen, the left-wing activist co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, is facing backlash after releasing a video accusing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of murdering Americans and calling for the agency to be defunded and disbanded.

In a video posted Wednesday on X, Cohen claimed without evidence that ICE agents are a “militarized force” loyal only to President Donald Trump and suggested that Americans who do not “submit” to federal immigration authorities risk being killed.

“Submit or be murdered, video them and be murdered, protest and be murdered,” Cohen declared, escalating his rhetoric as he cited two fatal shooting incidents involving federal immigration agents.

Cohen said he had planned to announce a new ice cream flavor to memorialize Renee Good, but claimed the killing of Alex Pretti caused him to reconsider. He then launched into a sweeping tirade portraying ICE as a rogue death squad.

“We all live in Minneapolis now, because Minneapolis is only the beginning of what they have in mind,” Cohen said. “They’re coming for anyone, anywhere, who doesn’t submit.”

He went on to describe ICE as a “brazen, arrogant, masked, militarized force” and warned Americans they would either be killed, placed on domestic terror watch lists, or investigated if they resisted.

“This is not freedom. This is not America,” Cohen said. “This is sheer cruelty. This is the beginning of the end of the land of the free unless we make it the home of the brave.”

Cohen concluded by demanding ICE be defunded and dismantled — echoing long-standing activist calls to abolish federal law enforcement — before quoting Scripture and self-described Christian Marxist Cornel West in an apparent attempt to lend moral authority to his claims.

The comments are the latest example of Ben & Jerry’s leadership using the brand’s platform to promote radical political causes. The company has spent years aligning itself with far-left activism unrelated to ice cream.

In 2024, Ben & Jerry’s urged Americans to acknowledge that the United States exists on “stolen Indigenous land” and called for land to be returned during Fourth of July messaging. In 2021, the company announced it would stop selling its products in what it referred to as the “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”

Last September, co-founder Jerry Greenfield stepped down after accusing Ben & Jerry’s parent company of suppressing his political speech, underscoring the brand’s ongoing internal turmoil driven by ideological activism.