A video recorded last week has ignited outrage online after it captured ICE agents violently arresting two brothers in South Norwalk, Connecticut, in broad daylight without producing a warrant. The men, identified as Ricardo Chavez and his brother, reportedly hold legal status to live and work in the United States.
The footage (credit @alwaysfilmthepolice) shows plainclothes ICE agents forcibly detaining the men in a public area. Witnesses say the agents refused to provide identification or present a warrant when asked, instead resorting to physical force and a taser to subdue the brothers before hauling them away. They also allegedly damaged their vehicle.
Community members who know the Chavez family insist that both men are law-abiding residents with valid documentation. “They work, they pay taxes, and they belong here,” said one South Norwalk resident who witnessed the arrest. “This was nothing short of a kidnapping.”
They don’t need to produce a warrant. Please direct your outrage correctly.
“Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides ICE officers the authority to arrest aliens without a judicial warrant.”
This has always been the case. It’s not Russia, it’s not Trump, the outrage should be directed at the “Immigration and Nationality Act” but I guess when Biden or Obama were President it was OK?
Been that way since at least 1990. So, um, when Obama was the Deporter in Chief, I don’t remember people jumping out of their skins like now?
They actually require reason to believe you are hear illegally not skin color or accent nor presence outside home Depot
Sure but that’s different than going on and on about “no warrant”.
most arrests in a non-racist US would have to effectively be as paper driven as any other arrest a targeted enforcement against bob who we know overstayed his visa or james whom we caught sneaking in.
The problem with other actions is that they are inherently going to involve demanding papers in a fashion that is inherently illegal. You don’t have to anywhere show proof of citizenship to walk down the way.
OK but ICE doesn’t have to show a warrant and it’s always been that way. I didn’t invent that, neither did Trump. No one complained when it happened under Obama or Biden, or Clinton, or Bush(es)… Look, I’m just as horrified as anyone else with a modicum of humanity, but blasting the “without a warrant” part in every headline is counterproductive.
Emphasis mine. No warrant. No due process. Not an “alien” unless you can fucking prove it.
And you gave away the game with that last part… If you think this is anything like what was happening under Obama or Biden, you’re ignorant or lying.
“gave away the game”? What are you even talking about? The “game” is going on and on about something that’s not relevant.
Why aren’t the articles saying what you are saying instead of stating irrelevant information? They didn’t have warrants either under Obama or Biden.
So you have some articles from Obama/Biden era about plain clothes, masked, agents who refused to identify themselves, smashing car windows and pulling people out of cars without warrants?
So fucking dishonest.
don’t call it a warrant then, call it proof that these people are aliens because it doesn’t appear they actually have this either. and without that then they are violating a different law.
Was there a daily occurrence of masked ICE agents with no identification smashing cars and grabbing people under Obama? I understand you want to talk about Democrats gladly participating in laws that help fascists, and you’re right, but it’s still valid to show the active fascist shift by listing the occurrences that pile up now when they didn’t before - not nearly as much.