WATCH: Maryland Homeowner Goes Viral After Hiring Roofing Crew Employing Illegals, Calling ICE on Them as They Finished the Job — Six Workers Detained on Her Roof
A situation in Cambridge, Maryland, has drawn widespread attention online after a homeowner allegedly contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about a roofing crew she had hired, resulting in the detention of six Guatemalan workers who were finishing work on her house.
The event occurred on Wednesday and was broadcast live on TikTok.
Witnesses and video footage from the scene show ICE agents arriving at the property, surrounding the area, and taking the six men into custody while they were still on the roof completing the job.
The incident was livestreamed for roughly half an hour by Bryan Polanco, a member of the roofing crew who is a Dominican national and a legal permanent resident of the United States. Because of his immigration status, Polanco was not detained.
While filming, Polanco described what was happening and later approached the homeowner on camera. He accused her of waiting until the work was nearly complete before contacting authorities. In the video, he said the crew had already spent about three days on the project, including removing the old roofing materials, which could be seen piled on the ground. According to Polanco, the homeowner still owed the workers close to $10,000 for the job. He also claimed she was aware of the workers’ immigration status from the beginning.
BREAKING – A woman in Cambridge, Maryland is going viral after hiring a roofing company she knew employed illegals, only to call ICE after the job was completed, with agents arriving on scene and arresting six Guatemalan illegals working on the crew. pic.twitter.com/zP2sAGv728
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) March 26, 2026
Footage from the livestream shows ICE agents wearing tactical vests standing below and instructing the workers to climb down from the roof.
At one point in the video, the homeowner appears to hand a ladder to the agents so they could reach the roof where the workers were located. The workers were wearing shirts identifying their company as Allied Remodeling of Central Maryland, though the company has not publicly commented on the situation.
A Spanish-language report by Univision said the detained workers ranged in age from 18 to 40.
Polanco told Univision DC that the crew had arrived to begin work on the project when immigration authorities were called. He said the homeowner later indicated that if immigrant workers returned to finish the job, she would again contact ICE.
Polanco said the experience was upsetting, noting that while he had previously watched similar incidents online, going through it in person had a much stronger emotional impact. He said the situation was something that deeply affected him.
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