Ecuador’s minister of foreign affairs has filed a protest with the U.S. Embassy after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis without permission Tuesday.
A video of the attempt on social media shows a consulate staffer running to the door to turn the ICE agents away, telling them, “This is the Ecuadorian consulate. You’re not allowed to enter.”
One ICE officer can be heard responding by threatening to “grab” the staffer if he touched the agent before agreeing to leave.
International law generally prohibits law enforcement authorities from entering foreign consulates or embassies without permission, though sometimes permission may be assumed granted for life-threatening emergencies, like fires.
Jesus it’s a matter of time until ICE abducts some ambassador isn’t it
I’m betting they kidnap some players during the World Cup
The US getting knocked out in the group stage will be a huge let down for the god emperor. US must always win no matter what.
So DHS really didn’t teach the new hires anything useful. Got it.
That’s where you’re wrong. They taught them a lot of useful things (for them). They just didn’t teach them what’s legal or not. In fact, they explicitly taught them to do many illegal things.
I said useful. How is doing illegal things useful?
It’s useful to your owners.
Useful for them.
Do you think thievery isn’t useful to the thief? Usually the phrase “legality is not morality” is required, but I guess this time it’s “legality is not utility.” It being legal has no bearing on it being useful or not.
What makes you think these are new hires? The guy who shot Renee Good was an 8 year veteran of ICE. They removed all the guard rails and all of are acting with impunity.
Literally true.
He saw a building full of unfettered brown people and got a fascist boner. Thought he’d get a whole bus full of potential bonuses and they had the gall to stop him! He’ll yell at a weaker white person tonight to feel better.
The US is heading out of the door of the civilised world.
That happened last year bud
Last year? Not, like, constantly prior to that?
One ICE officer can be heard responding by threatening to “grab” the staffer
JFC - didn’t these goons ever watch Lethal Weapon 2? Consulate staff would literally have diplomatic immunity - AND a diplomatic visa. They’re not immigrants, they’re diplomats.
Ecuador should send their military into the US embassy in Quito and see how it goes for everyone involved and watch how quickly the whining and importance of international law comes back.
Please, please let them try to assault a Latin American embassy only to be met with a hail of (accurate) gunfire. ICE thinks they have qualified immunity? They would find out real quick what absolute immunity looks like.
Vance said absolute, not qualified. Even more bananas. I remember reading children’s books about government that would have been enough to realize this isnt how shit is supposed to work. Fucks sake.
The State Department, Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Of course they didn’t.
Motherfuckers.
Before they claim to have smelled smoke and valiantly battled the fire with a hail of bullets.
