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When Clifford “Buzz” Grambo hears Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are near his Upper Fells Point home, he hops on his scooter.

The 43-year-old Navy veteran is part of a loose network of Southeast Baltimore residents who attempt to protect their neighbors from ICE’s stepped-up efforts to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. Guided by text messages and social media posts, Grambo zips through the streets near Patterson Park until he spots ICE vehicles, then begins to call.

“ICE is out!” he yells. “ICE is in the neighborhood.”

This is not how Grambo, a former chief petty officer who spent 20 years in the Navy, thought he would spend his retirement.

But he says he feels compelled to alert neighbors to the presence of federal immigration enforcement agents for the same reason he enlisted in the military after 9/11 — it’s his patriotic duty.

“This is not what I served for,” said Grambo, who retired in 2022. “My Navy, my country, my military used to invade countries for what we’re doing right now.”

Reporting by Julie Scharper.
Video by Krishna Sharma.

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