Man Posing as ICE Agent Grabs San Diego McDonald's Manager, Threatens Deportation

A man posing as an ICE agent grabbed a McDonald's manager by the neck and threatened to deport him, an assault caught on security video at a San Diego McDonald’s on Feb. 17, 2026. The footage shows the encounter inside the restaurant and establishes the central facts of the incident: impersonation of an immigration officer, a physical grab to the manager’s neck, and a direct threat of deportation.

The security video is the core record of what happened at the San Diego location, with the recording clearly depicting the man identifying himself as an ICE agent and then grabbing the manager by the neck. The combination of impersonation and physical assault in the video frames the incident as both a threat to the individual manager and a public-safety matter at the restaurant.

The man’s claim to be with ICE and the explicit deportation threat are central to the episode captured in the footage; the manager targeted in the attack was singled out by the suspect’s declaration about immigration status while the assault occurred inside the McDonald’s. The San Diego setting of the location anchors the event to a specific store environment where managers and crew face both customer-facing risks and, in this case, a violent impersonation.

Because the assault and the threat were recorded on Feb. 17, 2026, the security video provides immediate evidence of the conduct at the San Diego McDonald’s. That recorded evidence documents the grabbing of the manager’s neck and the moment the suspect threatens deportation, details that will be decisive for any response by store management or law enforcement reviewing the incident.

The security video from the San Diego McDonald’s remains the most concrete record of the encounter on Feb. 17, 2026, showing a man posing as an ICE agent who physically assaulted a manager and threatened deportation. The recorded images and timeline captured at the restaurant are now the primary basis for understanding what occurred during the incident.