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ICE is now arresting people for asking to see a warrant. NYC City Comptroller was arrested by ICE for walking an immigrant home from court. Of course the secret police were wearing facemasks and covering their badge numbers. For all we know, this elected official was just disappeared by random street goons.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/brad-lander-arrested-new-york-city-comptroller

Additional footage of the arrest shows Lander telling immigration officials: “I’m not obstructing. I’m standing right here in the hallway. I asked to see the judicial warrant.

“You don‘t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking for a judicial warrant,” Lander can be heard saying.

The officials, two of which were wearing masks, then pinned Lander to a wall and put him in handcuffs. It remains unclear why he was arrested.

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51 minutes ago, Captainant said:

It remains unclear why he was arrested.

I’m getting sick of reading this line in media coverage. We know exactly why these arrests are happening.

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2 minutes ago, royiv said:

I’m getting sick of reading this line in media coverage. We know exactly why these arrests are happening.

Yeah, same.

But they won't ever say it.  They like their access too much

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https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-green-card-holder-returning-visit-son-us-air-force-2087397

Avila was detained May 7 at San Francisco International Airport after returning from Japan. The 66-year-old has been a legal permanent resident since 1967, when he immigrated to the United States from Mexico. He was returning from the trip with his wife, who had not been detained.

According to a GoFundMe page, his wife, four children and six grandchildren are all U.S. citizens, including his son, who serves in the U.S. Air Force.

A longtime resident of San Diego, Avila has worked as a legal assistant at the workers' compensation law firm Kiwan & Chambers APC for over a decade. Colleagues from the firm organized the fundraiser.

Newsweek reached out to Avila's employer, Kiwan & Chambers APC, for comment via email on Wednesday.

Avila's daughter, Carina Mejia, told local outlet ABC 10 News that her father was pulled over in 2009 and arrested for a DUI and drug possession misdemeanor. He served his time and paid the fines for the misdemeanors. She said he has been able to renew his green card two times since that arrest.

In a Tuesday update, the organizers noted that Avila has been transferred to an ICE detention center outside of Bakersfield, California.

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On 6/4/2025 at 8:14 AM, Captainant said:

ICE stormtroopers are dressing as public utility workers to gain entry, and then illegally arresting those inside

https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_e949f7c5-d339-4546-804c-cbb3c970af38.html

This is straight up evil cruelty. Someone is gonna have to buy a shitload of Haitian orphanages to pay off this stain on their soul

Never mind. It is what it is 

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23 hours ago, Captainant said:

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-green-card-holder-returning-visit-son-us-air-force-2087397

Avila was detained May 7 at San Francisco International Airport after returning from Japan. The 66-year-old has been a legal permanent resident since 1967, when he immigrated to the United States from Mexico. He was returning from the trip with his wife, who had not been detained.

According to a GoFundMe page, his wife, four children and six grandchildren are all U.S. citizens, including his son, who serves in the U.S. Air Force.

A longtime resident of San Diego, Avila has worked as a legal assistant at the workers' compensation law firm Kiwan & Chambers APC for over a decade. Colleagues from the firm organized the fundraiser.

Newsweek reached out to Avila's employer, Kiwan & Chambers APC, for comment via email on Wednesday.

Avila's daughter, Carina Mejia, told local outlet ABC 10 News that her father was pulled over in 2009 and arrested for a DUI and drug possession misdemeanor. He served his time and paid the fines for the misdemeanors. She said he has been able to renew his green card two times since that arrest.

In a Tuesday update, the organizers noted that Avila has been transferred to an ICE detention center outside of Bakersfield, California.

I don't know the ins-and-outs of this guy's life, but he's been a permanent resident since 1967 and hasn't applied for citizenship? 

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1 hour ago, Js1 said:

I don't know the ins-and-outs of this guy's life, but he's been a permanent resident since 1967 and hasn't applied for citizenship? 

Why would he need to? You have plenty of ex-pats living in foreign countries as perm residents that aren't citizens. It isn't really that unusual. 

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2 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

Why would he need to? You have plenty of ex-pats living in foreign countries as perm residents that aren't citizens. It isn't really that unusual. 

Because unless you lived under a rock from 2015-2021 and again in 2023-24, you knew you were going to be severely targeted by the incoming administration?

Other countries aren’t targeted tax paying permanent residents like the U.S. Gestapo 

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2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Because unless you lived under a rock from 2015-2021 and again in 2023-24, you knew you were going to be severely targeted by the incoming administration?

Other countries aren’t targeted tax paying permanent residents like the U.S. Gestapo 

I mean I get it, but that is a slight different question. Until 2016, there wasn't any reason for the guy to consider it. He had 40 years of it not mattering. 

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