Cynthia Raygoza and Ashleigh Brown #

Introduction #

Cynthia Raygoza, 38, of Riverside, California, and Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Aurora, Colorado, are anti-ICE influencers who were found guilty by a Los Angeles federal jury of stalking an unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent after following him to his home and livestreaming the pursuit on social media in August 2025. Each faced up to five years in federal prison for the conviction, which came down on a Friday following a four-day trial and was announced by the Justice Department the following Monday.

Background Information #

In August 2025, Brown and Raygoza livestreamed themselves on social media following the ICE agent from his field office in downtown Los Angeles to his home. They shared directions as they followed him, encouraged others to share the livestream, and broadcast the pursuit on Instagram accounts including "ice_out_of_la," "defendmesoamericanculture," and "corn_maiden_design." The alleged stalking came at a time when attacks against immigration officers had surged across the country, with the Department of Homeland Security reporting a roughly 1,000% increase in assaults against ICE officers.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation #

Adjudicated vs. alleged. Cynthia Raygoza and Ashleigh Brown were convicted by a federal jury of stalking, a matter of court record. Some acts described in the livestream — including shouting racial slurs at the agent’s wife — were alleged by prosecutors, and a related conspiracy/publishing count that named a third defendant led to that person’s acquittal rather than a conviction of these two. The women’s conduct is established by the stalking conviction; the more inflammatory details are drawn from the prosecution’s account.

Once the two women arrived at the agent’s neighbourhood, they hopped out of their vehicle wearing masks and began yelling and shouting to bystanders "neighbor is ICE," "la migra lives here," and "ICE lives on your street and you should know," according to U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. Brown disclosed the agent’s address on Instagram while encouraging followers to "Come on down," and several masked people subsequently showed up at the agent’s home. The women also allegedly shouted racial slurs at the victim’s wife, and the agent’s children witnessed the incident. The agent’s family suffered emotional distress from the racial slurs, and the family ultimately moved to a different county, disrupting the education of the agent’s children, including his 3-year-old son with a disability.

Public Reaction and Consequences #

The case drew attention amid intensifying political rhetoric over immigration enforcement. After a four-day trial, a Los Angeles federal jury found both women guilty of stalking on a Friday; the Justice Department announced the verdict the following Monday. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said: "Justice has been served against two agitators who stalked a federal employee, livestreamed it on social media, and traumatized both the victim and his family. Our Constitution protects peaceful protest — not political violence and unlawful intimidation." The prosecution had been initiated the previous September, when the two women and a third defendant, Sandra Carmona Samane, were charged in connection with the August 2025 livestream; Samane was later acquitted of the separate charge she faced rather than being convicted alongside the women.

The incident was reported alongside the broader wave of anti-ICE violence at the time, including a September 2025 attack in which a shooter opened fire on federal officers at a Dallas field office and an earlier bomb threat at the same facility. The City of Los Angeles had that summer been torn apart by anti-ICE rioting that resulted in dozens of charges and was expected to cost more than $32 million in emergency response and property damage.

Current Status #

As of the reporting available, Raygoza and Brown had each been found guilty of stalking and faced up to five years in federal prison, with sentencing to follow the February 2026 verdict.

Impact on Their Career/Life #

The conviction upended the “anti-ICE influencer” brand both women had used to build online followings: the livestreams that once amplified their activism became the evidence that sent them to a federal conviction. The case stood as a federal warning that doxxing and intimidating immigration officers would be prosecuted, and the family’s relocation underscored the human cost of the conduct that the jury found to be stalking.