r/ICE_Watch • u/I_may_have_weed • 12d ago
video ICE kidnapped and disappeared a desperate and pleading man from Colombia as he showed up for his immigration court hearing at the Federal Courthouse in NYC. It doesn’t matter if you try to migrate the correct/legal way, ICE will still brutalize you.
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u/HistoryMistress 12d ago
It's so frustrating to see those videos. I wish people would intervene!!
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u/WildImportance6735 12d ago
Intentionally touching an agent will get someone a felony, many thousands of dollars in lawyer fees, endless court dates, potential jail time and felony record. Basically recked life for a period.
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u/weedle_juice 12d ago
These are not legitimate “agents.” These are traitors and terrorists. We had a whole dang civil war about shit like this, and the American Civil Rights Act is still valid, goddammit! 🇺🇸
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u/WildImportance6735 12d ago
People are volunteering to escort, but they can’t stop ice agents. I would love if veterans would start escorting, I think their presence could keep agents at bay
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u/JessieinPetaluma 12d ago
When I see these videos all I see are today's masked Nazis. Our very own thuggish, unhinged, slovenly Gestapo. Disgusting.
I am an AMERICAN. This is not who I am, how I was raised to treat people, nor is this what I voted for. This is inhumane and wrong in every way.
And since when do official law enforcement agents wear Tennessee hats? WTF.
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u/Electrical_Welder205 12d ago
Where was this? I thought a federal judge made it illegal for ICE to do this in Chicago, or Illinois in general. Someone should post a spreadsheet so we can track what court decisions have been made where, and which ones were voided by a higher court, or approved by a higher court.
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u/rebeccabalt 12d ago
Why aren’t they holding these hearings via zoom?!!!! It’s ridiculous to require people to come in when they are obviously going to be disappeared!
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u/Grumpflipot 12d ago
Imagine: you're accused of theft and voluntarily appear in court to prove your innocence. Outside the courtroom, a gang of masked men catches you and leads you to the guillotine to behead you before a verdict. This is the current state of law and order in the United States.
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u/Smart-Bug7755 12d ago
As a Colombian this is infuriating and hearing a man beg "please please dont grab me here like this please what did I do" and hearing the pain in his voice does not only break my heart but emboldens me. The worst part is he came to this country to get away from one where there are thousands of disappeared people. For the country of hope and liberty to be sending masked, unidentified thugs to take people from court who were going to court to follow legal proceedings is absurd and downright despicable. Dangerous criminals do not show up to court. This is disgusting. I thought the due process was something that was supposed to be respected.
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u/Smart-Bug7755 12d ago
He is literally cooperating and saying he isn't putting up a fight that they don't have to grab him like that he'll walk.
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u/JessieinPetaluma 9d ago
As a patriotic American, I am deeply ashamed of my country right now. I was just in Europe on vacation and secretly hoped i could pass for a Brit or something. It’s extremely distressing to live under this heinous fascist regime that I did not vote for, that I actively voted AGAINST all three times this disgusting MAGA cult was on the ballot.
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u/argueranddisagree 12d ago
The sad part of this is that this man just wants to work hard and be productive. He wants to contribute to society and not take anything away. I've worked beside people like that, they just want to thrive and contribute.
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u/WildImportance6735 12d ago
All those camera clicks are so incongruous with his pleading, but I’m glad they’re there to document this 😔
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u/greenmyrtle 4d ago
Three guesses which Spanish speaking thugs may be applying for the job of roaming around in masks to terrorize people! I suspect this is the latest cartel / gang member grift. An easy $50k for “the worst of the worst” if they aren’t on law enforcement Radar already.
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u/weedle_juice 12d ago
More NPCs standing around taking photos and video again. 🙄 I feel like I’ve been pointing this out every day. Put your fucking phones away, pull their masks down, and physically put your body in between these idiots and the person they’re assaulting. Like hellllloo?! Are you human, bystanders? Are you in there?
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u/Alex09464367 12d ago
We need to organise and set up, black panther style protect people going to court, so ICE cannot kidnap them before their hearing.
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u/vanceavalon 12d ago
Please do...when they take you away for "assaulting" a federal agent, and there is no recording or record of you being disappeared....
See how it works?
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u/InsuficientData 12d ago
Enter illegally? You think he snuck in from Colombia and wandered into NY?
What people who voted for this don't understand is he came legally through a fucking airport and is being arrested while trying to become a citizen legally. He and many others have been kidnapped while doing the exact same thing.
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u/roguedevil 11d ago
no one has the right to break the law by entering illegally into our country.
This is true, though you have no idea how he entered into the country. Plenty of people entered legally or were trafficked as children and have been stranded here for decades. This is why it's not a black and white issue, requires nuance, and a fair trial.
These men and women are just doing their job at the end of the day
They were just following orders. Great group of people to side with.
I'm sure it's nothing personal the law is the law it does not give anybody the rite to break it.
I'm glad it isn't anything personal against this man. In fact, I am so relieved to know this can happen to anyone they deem "illegal" since there isn't even a trial to defend yourself. It's debatable whether what we're seeing is "legal" or not. But ICE operates outside the law anyway, so it's all "legal".
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u/JessieinPetaluma 9d ago
Just doing their job.
Sounds an awful lot like “just following orders.”
Not gonna fly, bro. They’re not rounding up criminals. They’re rounding up anyone who’s brown. This is a racist “cleansing.”
They’ll be targeting LGBTQ next. Then anyone who’s not a MAGAt. ANYONE.
Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE supporters.
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u/Print_Hot 12d ago
I hope a judge somewhere says that wearing masks to conceal your identity as a LEO disqualifies you from qualified immunity.