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perdita9

(1,327 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 06:24 PM 15 hrs ago

ICE evicted from Allentown, PA office for non-payment of rent

Elections have consequences and so do current events.

Josh Siegel, newly elected County Executive of Lehigh County, is evicting ICE agents from a county office building, partly because they haven't paid rent in 3 years (the tab is over $155,000, not including late fees), but also because of ICE's recent behavior, spreading terror in American cities.

The action is not without controversy. This particular office helped with human trafficking and drug related crimes. ICE wasn't dragging people of their homes in their underwear in the middle of a snowstorm.

(From the article)
District Attorney Gavin Holihan, who has worked closely with HSI, said the eviction is short-sighted.

“They’re a very important partner of ours in keeping the community safe,” he said, noting that the office’s lead agent was keynote speaker at a recent fundraising event for Bloom for Women, a nonprofit that helps victims of sex trafficking and exploitation.

Indeed, Holihan — who supported Siegel in the November election — said the agency is so important that he is willing to pay the back rent out of the drug forfeiture fund — money seized from drug operations that can be spent on crime-fighting initiatives at his discretion.

He acknowledged the agency should pay what it owes, but challenged the idea that HSI is essentially the same agency as the enforcement arm dominating the news.

https://www.mcall.com/2026/01/20/lehigh-county-josh-siegel-evicting-ice-allentown-office/?utm_email=F5F0F455A512E4E404B99564B9&active=no&lctg=F5F0F455A512E4E404B99564B9&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mcall.com%2f2026%2f01%2f20%2flehigh-county-josh-siegel-evicting-ice-allentown-office%2f&utm_campaign=trib-morning_call-breaking_news-nl&utm_content=alert

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ICE evicted from Allentown, PA office for non-payment of rent (Original Post) perdita9 15 hrs ago OP
ICE have billions of tax payers money?...... Lovie777 15 hrs ago #1
Evict the squatters! Yay Allentown! Clouds Passing 15 hrs ago #2
Good... Ollie Garkie 12 hrs ago #3
Trump's been in charge 1 year. Igel 9 hrs ago #4

Ollie Garkie

(347 posts)
3. Good...
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 09:13 PM
12 hrs ago

Ordinary person gets evicted after one month of no pay rent. They've popped up in that city now and then wearing their stupid little masks. No unholy terror shit they've done elsewhere. but yeah fuck them.

Igel

(37,406 posts)
4. Trump's been in charge 1 year.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:14 AM
9 hrs ago

So Biden's admin, it defaulted for two years?

Not a great look.

On edit: Originally said "defaulted for one years."

I knows bettern this than say "one years." I Englishing can good.

So I fixed it. Singular to singular. "one" agrees with "year" and not "years."

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