The point of this is to send a message to other undocumented people that there are no “good ones”, no matter how much you might try to contribute you will still be cast out.
“Federal law enforcement asked the crews to line up to check their IDs, according to the firefighters.
One of the firefighters said members of the crew were told not to take video of the incident.”
DHS did this as flames actively raged.
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
