ICE lied to biz owner to gain access, claimed they were after one violent felon. sorted by race and took 69 employees

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Then an immigration agent came up to his truck and told him they had a warrant for a violent felon, Schmidt said. If they could find him, they’d be out of there fast, Schmidt said the agent told him.

“We don’t want those kinds of people here,” Schmidt said he told the agent. “Please, do your thing. Please get them out as soon as possible.”

Schmidt and his brother, Jeff, sat in the truck for three hours.
The raid ended with a surprise. Schmidt watched as 69 people, all of them Latino, were herded from the building. Many of them were deported to Guatemala less than 72 hours later. Some are being held in Texas. A breastfeeding mother is being held in a Border Patrol station in Wellesley Island, away from her infant. Another mother is in Louisiana.
There was no dangerous felon.




Several aspects of the raid and the treatment of the detainees appear to be in violation of the law, lawyers said.
Among their criticisms:
• Workers were sorted by race. Latino workers stayed; white workers could go. The practice, until recently, has been viewed traditionally as a civil rights violation.
• At least one person detained had legal government permission to work and a pending immigration case. He should not have been detained, according to a lawyer with the New York Civil Liberties Union. Still, he was deported less than 72 hours later. Other workers and lawyers said those detained also had documents that should have prevented them from being taken.


Inside the Upstate NY immigration raid: Secrecy, deception and a rush to deport dozens of workers (video) - syracuse.com

https://share.google/X1G6AmvipUaozvbmp

[RockRaven]

1. Ah yes, that old saying: "A fool and his employees are soon parted"

What sort of dumb asshole believes cops/feds?

[NJCher]

2. They told him "violent" felon

The name of the business was Nutrition Bar Confectioners, in Cato, N.Y

[DFW]

3. From the report, it sounds to me like there were plenty of dangerous felons

They were there with no legal legitimatization, and carrying out dozens of acts of kidnapping.

How would Noem react if a bunch of her armed goons were ordered on the spot to produce irrefutable proof that they were US citizens, and subjected to immediate deportation to Guatemala at gunpoint if they couldn’t?

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Every person rounded up should sue the pants off of the idiots who let ICE in...

If at all possible!!

[exboyfil]

5. Was it their residence or their property

It is the business owner whose rights were violated by claims of a false warrant. I do agree the racial sorting should be a violation.

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. So, I am curious.

When are we going to repay this 'invasion' with some of our own?

We need to charter a plane, go and remove several MAGA idiots who are well known and are causing trouble, place them on the plane, and go drop them off in Gaza.

See how they like it when the tables are turned.

Or not.

[Srkdqltr]

7. You do that. Magical thinking much?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

8. FUCK YOU Con 6 on the US Supreme Court!

The same US Supreme Court that struck down Affirmative Action barring racial quotas for College admissions.

Yet, the SAME US Supreme Court that ruled in a Shadow Docket that RACE could be used by ICE and DHS to round up anyone who "looks illegal", though they be US Citizens.

Something in this country SMELLS to high heaven!