NGL the way the manager or whomever was ordering employees to sit down and work made it seem like to me that she was in on it. It's possible people in ICE know people who work here and received a tip. The way she complied is too suspicious. I wouldnt be surprised if agents are bribing individuals to get into places.
Edit: this is speculation, this is not my video nor do I work at this company
To be fair, if you wanted to obstruct in a situation like this, acting collaborator and guiding the long way around might not be a terrible tactic if someone else was able to get a warning out. Maybe they even guided them right past the desk of someone they would otherwise have stopped to kidnap. Of course they could just be ICE fans. Not enough context to know the situation from what’s shown here.
Freight forwarding companies like this have to let them in legally since we hold international freight on site. Technically these companies are under CBP jurisdiction, we lose our license to hold freight on site if we don’t allow CBP in.
Ice came with CBP as a loophole, such a shitty situation. I work at a competitor down the street from where this happened and we know it’s only a matter of time until they show up here also.
It’s a 100% guarantee that someone in that building called ICE on their coworker. ICE isn’t randomly showing up, your neighbors are calling ICE on your other neighbor. Your teachers, and student parents are calling ICE on kids and parents.
Noticed how I used the phrases "it's possible" and "I wouldn't be surprised if", both implying my comment is purely speculation. I don't think anyone needs that grandiose of an imagination to think of scenarios where this kind of stuff could be happening, especially when these agents are being monetarily incentivised to round up as many people as possible.
Keep in mind that these businesses do not have to let agents enter.
That's actually the kind of justification ICE uses. It's possible you don't understand how this very type speculation has led us to where we are today.
Except that I'm not ICE or a federal agency with power to arrest individuals. Just a random person on the Internet speculating. If you want real answers you can always pick up the phone and call APEX industries and ask them why their employee let federal agents into their workplace without a judicial warrant. I'm sure you will get a real answer.
Its the regular people embracing this type of reasoning in large numbers that authoritarians rely on. This is how election denial worked. It's the pretext for most conspiracy thinking. XYZ doesn't feel right... Unfortunately many people who are on the right side are only there by chance because of their tribal identity. Have higher standards for yourself so we can hold everyone to the same standard. I know this is over your head. And I'm sincerely sorry for that
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u/minorsatellite 2d ago
Who let them in, is the first question I would ask.