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.”
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.
Under Obama people here legally didn’t fear being kidnapped. Even people in fear of deportation didn’t worry about taken to a foreign concentration camp to die nor did he say that the next job was to get rid of the legal ones who didn’t belong here.
Get out of here with your bullshit