Federal immigration agents arrested an immigrant as he was leaving court on the first day of his trial in Massachusetts on Thursday, with a judge now holding one agent in contempt for disrupting due process.

Plainclothes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showed up at the court in Boston and took Wilson Martell-Lebron without prior notice, according to The Boston Globe.

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    3 months ago

    So the message is … if you are contacted by any law or legal service in the US … hide and disappear, don’t take part in anything to do with government or law enforcement.

    Great work America … a few more steps and it will become a completely lawless country.

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    3 months ago

    Copied my comment from an earlier link to this article:

    So the guy who got picked up is currently detained without charge, after having his original charges dismissed. Brian Sullivan, the ICE agent, was held in contempt, which might turn into a charge, and is currently free.

    Certainly sounds like Brian Sullivan is enjoying his due process while denying others theirs.

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      The ice agents didn’t kick open the door walk over to the defendant and drag him out all while the judge was banging his gavel. They waited outside the courthouse and picked him up there.

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      If there were stats on emoticon usage, this one has to have skyrocketed straight up.

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    Those Brownshirts BETTER be Careful! Otherwise the Judge will send a VERY STERN LETTER because that’s ALL Judges in the US do nowadays!

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      “I can’t believe that you could break the law like this, ICE, especially as law enforcement officers. Honestly, you should know better than to disappear political opponents of the President’s global policy, and people with tenuous residency status without so much as a hearing. I’m very disappointed in you, Mister.

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    3 months ago

    Unlawful arrests lead to people fighting back, and officers getting hurt. Not a good direction to be going.

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    3 months ago

    This feels like a gag out of Family Guy or South Park or something. Good thing people are protesting!

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    3 months ago

    Martell-Lebron was, in fact, Juan Carlos Baez, 49, a Dominican national in the U.S. illegally since 2000

    So even if you’re a legal non-Spanish person, they will give you a Spanish name and say you’re illegal

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      3 months ago

      ICE told Newsweek

      You left this important part of the quote. And no where in the article does it provide any proof of that claim, for anyone wondering.