Univision’s claims of moderation and abandonment of advocacy agenda journalism are to be taken with a giant brick of salt. At its heart, the network remains an immigration advocacy organization, with affiliates and a news division. Case in point: the network’s coverage of the Chicago man who led DHS agents on a wild goose chase in downtown Chicago.
It turns out that he is a U.S. citizen, and he admitted to fleeing from the agents in order to distract them from enforcement operations:
NOTICIERO UNIVISION
10/2/25
6:58 PM
VIVIANA ÁVILA: This image of a Chicago food delivery man who was unsuccessfully pursued by federal agents has gone around the world. Today we found him on the same street where the events occurred. Andrés Miranda claims he was the one who confronted over a dozen officers stationed there.
ANDRES MIRANDA: I told them that I wasn't a citizen, but I'm 100% a citizen. I have my- my birth certificate here. I have my social security, I have my license and my state ID, and I don't- I don't have to hide my face like they do or... I did it to deceive them and distract them. That was my motive.
ÁVILA: Miranda has Mexican family and says he was outraged to see the large deployment of federal agents in downtown Chicago on Sunday afternoon and where several arrests were made.
MIRANDA: Not here, no- we don't want ICE agents. That's not- what they're doing is- it's very wrong and- and I'm against that.
