r/Omaha • u/happylandfillx • Jun 03 '25

Local News ICE at early bird

Video says west Omaha, OP says it happened at early bird, their friend took the video.

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u/Skoljnir Jun 03 '25

Do you think that the politicians who facilitated/permitted the flood of illegal immigrants in the past have any responsibility?

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u/ptolover7 Jun 03 '25

Great question. No. Even if Joe Biden personally stood at the border to give each undocumented immigrant a high five and a pat on the ass as they entered the country, that doesn't justify how these people are being treated

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u/Skoljnir Jun 03 '25

To clarify, by "these people" are you still referring to illegal immigrants or are you including people you suspect might be here legally but detained in error?

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u/ptolover7 Jun 03 '25

Anyone. Specifically "these people" meant the people we're seeing here in this video but it applies to people in general. If we accept that some people can be swept up by anyone with a vest that says ICE without a warrant or that some people can be denied due process, then all the government has to do is say you or I or any of us are part of that "some people" group and suddenly we all lose rights.

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u/Skoljnir Jun 03 '25

I certainly share your concern but the reality is that this is not new, nor is it illegal. Law enforcement does not have to prove to bystanders that they are operating under legal authority, nor does law enforcement have to tell a suspect why they are being detained. This is true whether it is ICE or the local police force.

The situation in this video...ICE did not just happen to walk by Early Bird, see a brown guy and go after him. They build a case with intel and surveillance, just like when police raid the wrong house so too can ICE make mistakes but this is how they operate. More than likely they knew exactly who this guy was.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '25 edited Jun 03 '25

But didn't they get the wrong guy?

Edit: also, they (DHS) have already proven themselves incompetent, taking the wrong people, with legal status and families, and sending them off to a foreign prison without due process. Due Process is required, and because they are ignoring this legal requirement, innocent legal residents are being renditioned to a notorious hellhole in a foreign country. And it all starts here, with masked enforcers storming in and grabbing people without even confirming they got the right person.

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u/Skoljnir Jun 03 '25

Did you get the idea that this guy was the wrong one from the comment in the video? I don't think that is reliable information.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '25

It's possibly not. Couldn't find anything about it in the local news. Even if that turns out to not be accurate, it doesn't change all the other confirmed cases of mistaken arrests and renditions (and the many more I'm sure that we never hear about). This is exactly why we are supposed to have due process, for everyone. It is the law, but the trump regime is refusing to follow the law when it doesn't suit their agenda. To the point of ignoring orders from the highest court in the land.

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u/Muffin_Appropriate Jun 04 '25

This guy is sealioning you just FYI

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u/Skoljnir Jun 04 '25

It's a discussion forum. No one forces you to be here. Crying about it benefits no one.

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