DoorDash Refutes Claims of Data Sharing with ICE for Deportations
Company denies viral rumors about collaboration with immigration authorities
A viral claim circulating in June 2025 alleged that food delivery service DoorDash was sharing driver data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to facilitate deportations. The rumor, which spread across multiple social media platforms including TikTok, Facebook, and Reddit, suggested that 36 delivery drivers had been arrested in Southern California through this purported collaboration. These claims were accompanied by what appeared to be AI-generated images depicting the alleged arrests.
DoorDash has officially denied these allegations, stating that the company "does not have any special agreements with any law enforcement agency." A spokesperson confirmed to fact-checkers that the circulating content was "completely false" and constituted "AI-generated misinformation designed to spread false information and create confusion." The company's public guidelines for law enforcement requests indicate that DoorDash requires proper legal documentation such as subpoenas, court orders, or search warrants for information disclosure, except in emergency situations involving immediate threats.
KEY POINTS
- •DoorDash denies sharing data with ICE
- •Viral claims identified as AI-generated
- •Company requires legal docs for data
The fabricated nature of the claims is evidenced by several inconsistencies in the circulating materials. The images accompanying the claims were identified as AI-generated by multiple detection tools. Additionally, the text contained factual errors, including incorrectly naming ICE as the "Immigration Enforcement Agency" and featuring a supposed DoorDash driver wearing an Instacart uniform, which is a competing delivery service. DoorDash's social media team actively responded to posts sharing the false information, explicitly stating that both the image and article were fake.
The timing of this misinformation coincided with legitimate news stories involving delivery drivers and immigration enforcement. These included reports about a woman detained while attempting to deliver an order to a military base, and the case of Jesus Jose Carrero-Marquez, a DoorDash driver seeking asylum who was reportedly arrested and deported. These actual events may have provided context that made the fabricated collaboration story seem plausible to some social media users, contributing to its rapid spread across multiple platforms.