By Joe Udo
KANSAS (CONVERSEER) – A Kansas community college professor has come under scrutiny after social media activity revealed his support for doxxing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and disrupting their operations.
According to Fox News, Steve Werkmeister, an English professor at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) in Overland Park, Kansas, made the controversial remarks using his Bluesky account, swerkmeister.bsky.social. On the platform, he describes himself as a “slacker” and “left of the dial.”
An audit of his posts showed that on Monday, Werkmeister reposted a flyer created by a left-wing advocacy group encouraging anti-ICE activists to use whistles to interrupt enforcement operations. The flyer instructed supporters to blow whistles when ICE agents were nearby, follow their vehicles, alert community members, and converge on their locations to disrupt arrests.
Werkmeister also amplified a post by John Pavlovitz, a prominent far-left internet activist, urging Americans to expose relatives and neighbours who work for ICE. The post read: “Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbours, and community members. They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.”
Personal Fears and Accusations of “Kidnapping”
Werkmeister has repeatedly described federal immigration enforcement as “kidnapping” and expressed fears that his family could be detained because of their skin colour. In a 10 October post, he said he had spoken to his department chair and the college president about relocating overseas to teach remotely. He claimed his family could be “kidnapped by the government at any time since our skin is brown.”
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Earlier this year, he shared details of his personal precautions when returning to the United States from abroad. He said he texted his family immediately after landing and planned to send a second message after clearing customs to signal they had not been detained. He added that his anxiety returned upon re-entry, calling it a “national shame” that he felt most unsafe in his home country.
Racial Commentary and Anti-White Remarks
Several of Werkmeister’s posts included sharp criticism of White Americans. On 26 June, he wrote: “It’s tough to live with the knowledge that whenever I go to the store, or to my office, or out for a walk, or anywhere really, packs of white ‘Americans’ are out hunting and kidnapping people who look like me. It’s psychological terrorism for the crime of being born brown in America.”
In another post, he accused “mediocre white males” of trying to “force women back into the kitchen and black and brown folks back to the fields,” claiming they cannot succeed without white privilege.
College Responds
In response to media enquiries, Johnson County Community College released a brief statement:
“JCCC is an open dialogue institution, and the values of Johnson County Community College are something we hold true for all,” a spokesperson said.
Werkmeister has not publicly commented on the controversy or responded to requests for clarification.
Broader Context
The revelations come amid heightened political tensions over immigration enforcement. In recent months, activists have increasingly targeted ICE through protests and community mobilisation. The incident also follows the case of Rutgers University professor Mark Bray, nicknamed “Dr. Antifa,” who fled to Spain after President Donald Trump’s administration designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organisation.
Werkmeister’s posts have sparked debates about academic freedom, political extremism, and public employees’ responsibilities on social media. While some users online supported his criticisms of ICE, others accused him of inciting harassment against law enforcement officers.
