In Shirley’s most viral scene, which has been clipped and shared millions of times, he walks up to a storefront with a misspelled sign reading “Quality Learing Center.” According to Shirley’s investigative partner for the video—a man whom he refers to only as David—this day care has been licensed to care for ninety-nine children and received four million dollars in taxpayer funding. In a surreal moment, Shirley and David are confronted by a woman in the parking lot who mistakes them for federal immigration agents and starts yelling to anyone who might be inside, “Don’t open up! You have ICE here,” to which Shirley responds, “How do you have ICE here, ma’am? I’m literally a YouTuber.” The rest of the video is more of the same: Shirley walks into buildings, sometimes under the guise of trying to enroll his fictional son “little Joey” into the day care, and then interviews the people he finds there, whether workers or random passersby.journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter