🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.
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A highway patrol trooper made the arrest. Approximately 1,400 troopers have completed a 40-hour training, allowing them to question and detain people they suspect are in the country without authorization. I can't confirm that the trooper had that authority, though. Just context.
At least in this case, it shouldn’t be too difficult to find the person responsible for this act of contempt. Someone in the chain of command between the Florida AG and the officer who made the arrest is going to have to answer to Judge Williams.
"Personnel from agencies not traditionally involved in immigration enforcement, such as those handling drug and firearm investigations, have now been authorized to carry out deportations."
The mechanism of the police state, quite literally evil at its most banal, pen stroke after pen stroke eroding rights just a tick at a time. Police powers should be highly constrained, & not open to interpretation, & officers should never be allowed to stop anyone because they look a certain way.
1) Please explain what rights specifically have been eroded by the EOs? Police are not authorized to be ICE. It’s illegal to stop a driver based on how they look BT other factors must be present,eg.busted lights,no seat belt ,weaving,not obeying traffic lights&…
2)…signs,speeding,drinking,
tailgating,drug indicators,
missing license plates or they are also allowed to do random checks for drugs,alcohol,
missing persons,etc.
It's not the training that's relevant. It's subfederal jurisdictions signing onto 287(g) of the INA, effectively turning their LEOs into federal immigration enforcers.
SB 2-C allocates more than $298 million for state law enforcement agencies to carry out the state’s immigration objectives including funding for the hiring of fifty new law enforcement officers, a $1K bonus incentive program for immigration enforcement officers, and training grants.
Still, I’m glad a state trooper picked him up and not a member of any US county sheriff clan.
As the sister of a retired state LEO, I know the difference. It matters.
Sadly, the government and some academics in conservative circles are pushing a dubious argument challenging birthright citizenship, as guaranteed by the 14th amendment. They claim if someone’s parents were here “illegally,” their child may not be a citizen.
Who gaf what his hold is issued for by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. He's not an immigrant, and therefore not any of their concern. They're violating the Constitutional (& HUMAN) rights of an American citizen, wasting time and money on bullshit to fuck w/ brown people (for now.)
Agreed for the most part. However I do care about the details as these things can be important clues to emerging patterns that might allow us to more easily identify other cases of this illegal conduct by the trump regime
Yes. I'm not seeing any other reporting on this particular case so I have no way of corroborating the facts being reported. Which is why I asked for additional details so that I can try and flag this for the appropriate people who I know do advocacy around ICE
This omnipartisan habit of simply accepting things that confirm your priors with 0 skepticism is a curse. People getting dunked on for saying “I would like more information” now I guess
Part of me wonders how much of this is directed by the executive branch.
and how much of this is ICE itself just going completely rogue and arresting every non-white person they see. The “assume they are all illegal and let the judge figure it out later” type tactic.
They just want to deport / murder/ remove black and brown people.
You really don’t have to go past that with this regime. They are the reincarnation of the Nazis, from RFKs eugenics, to tulsi and orange morons deep ties and glazing of the Putin regime
I was released from Highlands Behavioral Health System yesterday after being arrested in Rocky Mountain National Park on 4/8/25. I contacted Governor Polis the AG my elected representatives and multiple other people. The Rangers threatened to fire a chemical weapon into my car in 2025.
Don’t know specifics of this case, but ICE frequently issues bad holds based on database errors or a false match to a real but different person. It’s a known problem and one of the reasons a lot of cities refuse to honor ICE holds because they end up getting sued due to ICE fuckups.
I’ve dug into some of the errors. It’s typically a name match on the wrong person where they lack fingerprints on the real person they are looking for. It really does happen.
ICE used to prioritize people with criminal histories for their detainers. I believe you are right that this has changed.
So it is starting…
The Gestapo branch of the immigration and customs enforcement service has starting to collect American citizens under the authority of Tom Homan. Who apparently doesn’t care whether he’s violating the fifth amendment of the constitution or not.
Time to fire this moron.
No point in calling for firings, he's just doing what the Twattard-in-Chief wants. He has no idea why the Constitution was written the way it was nor the consequences of abandoning it, and he's another whose name will go down in infamy.
Hmmm. We all make mistakes. The new ICE commissioner makes mistakes with people who look like Latinos, and then puts them in jail because they look like Latinos; regardless if there’s proof that they are citizens or not. He’s got a quota he’s gotta meet if he wants to keep his job.
it already started, we already know of a extra-national death camp. no one cared about guantanamo, no one cared about the concentration camps on the border with mexico.
this isn't something you "fire", it's the entire system. ICE didn't exist until after 9/11. it must be destroyed entirely.
Rise up my fellow Americans!
No one is coming to save the Republic.
No one is going to save you.
It is our job, our responsibility, and our obligation to save it and ourselves. Start up the militias, let's not wait until we can't afford food, fuel, & bullets.
Revolution is the solution.
That’s a good question for a lawyer. I’ve never understood how ICE has been able to get away with this behavior as long as they have. They’ve lost a bunch of court cases at district level.
For ethical, legal and practical reasons, ICE 'detainers' should not exist.
If you can't take the time to convince a judge to issue a proper arrest warrant then don't ask other agencies to arrest people.
Immigration and naturalization is NOT a law enforcement function. No LEO should be detaining anyone based on their immigration status. Period. Full stop.
And that’s before we start talking about how ICE is the political armed force of the GOP.
There’s a perfectly legal and constitutional way for ICE to hold someone — get a fucking warrant. They just don’t like to do that so they try to cajole and bully local agencies into doing it without a warrant. This was the origin of the whole “sanctuary cities” thing when locals started saying no.
That judge should be gone. Immediately. No excuse for mocking someone in your court. There is expected and required decorum towards a Judge. It is unacceptable for the judge to, in turn, make a mockery of his position by behaving that way.
Do republicans want to go down in history as the heroes who save our democracy from a cruel fascist dictator or the cowards who helped him destroy America?
Gee, I wonder how many men named Juan Gomez are US citizens. The Whitepages site lists 1000+ men with that name. This is how they cage and disenfranchise Latino voters and now they’re using it to arrest them.
Sounds like a case for the ACLU. I hope someone steps forward to help this young man before he ends up in El Salvadore. This is exactly the scenario the liberal Supreme Court judges were speaking of.
Jackie, thank you for your coverage and bravery doing so. Please expand on the ruling. What judge? Federal, immigration, state? Was this a habeas corpus petition against unlawful/improper imprisonment? How long has he been in custody ALREADY? What aspect(s) led to his arrest? How was he detained?Thx
It's beginning to sound more like this was a DeSantis Immigration Policy screw-up than an actual ICE screw-up. The DeSantis policy is so bad a Fed judge has it on Hold right now, but that does not stop the gung ho FHP in this, rather red backwoods area, from going all in anyway.
I am sorry to say that this is the case. Not only do American citizens likely need to buy guns, we need to begin to protest at the house of the police officers who do these things.
I say this because cops, like soldiers, are supposedly not allowed to follow unlawful orders.
Agreed and I'm as anti-gun as they get but I'm not taking any chances anymore. We're already past the point of no return and people should be prepared now so they aren't surprised later.
Get it? You’re preaching to the choir, friend 😝 I’ve been shouting the same thing since before then. He’s a criminal; disqualified from holding office; this admin is illegitimate and all of them are Putin puppets. So yeah … I get it!
1) Then why did he NT hve proof whn trying 2 enter t USA at a customs border entry pt.? Tht is why he was put in an auto. detainment. ICE does NT detain UScitizens. Tht notion is totally bogus&fakenews. IF he was,is a UScitizen,then he knows t laws for entry into t USA. So,it sounds
2)…like he didn’t obey USlaws at entry. His BC will need 2 B vetted as authentic&NT a forgery! You will NT hear any of these facts&truth to this story on any regimemedia outlet! They will only tell U t fakenews bc tht fits their goal.
He did not enter at customs. He lives in Cairo Ga, and works in Tallahassee, FLK, LIKE MOST of the workers in Tallahassee, that can;t afford to live in Tallahassee. He was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for speeding.
He gave the FHP officer his GA ID and told him he was a US citizen. The FHP officer put in his report that he said he was here illegally (which I doubt since he is anatural born US citizen). DeSantis has ordered all FL Law Enforcement to act as ICE agents (however a Judge has that order on hold)
At the hearing, an official copy of his GA Birth certificate was given to the Judge along with his SS card. The Judge found that there was NO reason for him to be held, but she did not have the authority to release him. However, ICE did release him last night and drove him to a wendy's down
Was he detained for being undocumented or helping people enter the country while undocumented? The law makes both a crime. If the latter is the case then showing his birth certificate isn't going to help. They have to prove that he didn't eat someone who was here illegally/entering illegally going
The law provides 4 criminal penalty 4 ppl transporting/ trying 2 help undoc'ed ppl evade examination. It's a differ part of "anti-immigration" law. So, you are successfully being a 🍆, but that doesn't negate that possibly his arrest was 4 AIDING & not BEING illegal 🖕 https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1617
Reading this article closely, I have a questions:
Lopez-Gomez was arrested by a FL state trooper for violating a FL state law but there was an injunction issued on 4/4 to stop enforcement of that law. Why did FL authorities violate that?
I’m sure they accidentally switched the u and a…the odds of someone else getting booked at the same place, on the same date with all 4 names would be pretty incredible.
The Lord of Lies is using The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which is a WARTIME authority that allows the president to detain or deport the natives and citizens of an enemy nation DURING TIMES OF WAR. And no judge has the guts to tell him to fuck off.
I've just called Georgia senators to make certain they're aware and put pressure on officials to help free him.
Perhaps flooding them with calls can help? ¡Apoyo!❤️
I'm just glad he got released so quickly. In 2006 when it happened to my step father, it took almost 2 years to unfuck what ICE did and the courts were impotent then as well.
I don't wish ICE on even the worst people. They don't operate in accordance to law or reason. I view them and their departments the same way I look at secret police, NKVD, KGB, Stasi, Savak, Gestapo, Dina, SSIS, NSD, MSS, MoSS, Kempeitai, OVRA, Sov-Com/KKK, FBI's COINTELPRO, etc etc
@schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov, there is no reason this CITIZEN should be on an ICE hold. Im your constituent, PLEASE SPOTLIGHT THIS AND FIGHT TO GET HIM OUT!!!!
I do agree bad policy=bad outcomes and policy changes are needed, but it’s my understanding the state law he was arrested under (SB 4-C) is currently under a temporary restraining order pending judicial review so shouldn’t have even been arrested to begin (under that law at least)
Haven't been there since my dad died of COVID there in 2022, in a hospital where the corridors were lined with gurneys full of COVID patients, while people denied the hospitals were full. F*ck Floriduuuuhhh. I will never go there again.
If the judge has no authority than no laws apply to anyone. He’s a us citizen and a us judge can not release him ? Then we never had any rights to begin with so no laws can be applied now.
The 48 hour hold isn't the worst part, the worst part is the tendency of ICE to quickly move detainees around, and out of, the country. If it was 48 hours, and I able to be transferred, at least there's a safety measure.
Under what statute does ICE have the jurisdiction/right to place a hold on a US citizen?
Seems crazy that the judge could not override this given the proof of citizenship. So ICE authority is higher than judges.. something wrong there
None! but we turn over our power to a known criminal even after he made a fool of himself worldwide saying “they’re eating the pets”that should’ve invoked an complete stop of his WH bid but he still got in. Chaney a hardcore republican said this would happen. He’s dumb & the author of CHAOS!
I'm never going back to Florida. I used to live there. I have a niece who lives there. I used to love going to Disney World. The Kennedy Space Center is wonderful. Key West is a national treasure. Stone crabs are my favorite food. I'm never going back.
I had to check on this and apparently he has been freed but despite them proving he is a US born citizen they still want him to appear in court again. And they shouldn't have had the right to detain him in the first place. Especially after being shown the birth certificate
A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.
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She has no authority to follow the law ?
A JUDGE !
She ordered dismissal of the state charges against him, but she has no jurisdiction over federal agencies as a county judge. And so the ICE jail hold couldn’t be lifted. He needs a federal court to order that. I agree this sounds stupid.
So what you are saying is that one judge cannot pass a message to another judge, because the judge is only a judge ?
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In normal countries a judge CAN pass a message to another judge. That 2nd judge will then have to verify that the message is correct and if if it IS correct that it is acted upon.
Does that mean that the one judge will have to carry by hand the valid birth serticifate to the federal judge which seem well above average silly to me.
You tell me where you think it does. And keep in mind, you don't just mean jurisdiction, you mean exclusive jurisdiction. Go ahead and prepare your case.
I’m not sure why you’re being so combative. Presumably article iii and then as subsequently established by congress is why the judge here couldn’t act on the ice hold.
So the first citizen to be deported to El Salvador. Next it’s LGBTQ+. Then black people. Then disabled. Then unmarried feminist women. FUCKING RIOT FFS.
That’s abhorrent. I hope they tell him to fuck all the way off. Fucking Nazis. America you need to riot. He is going to call martial law anyway. It’s riot time.
"proud canadian ready to fight" yeah that shit is hilarious. yall are in the same boat as us. slaughtered tons of indigenous. your kids starve. drugs and homeless all over. usa 2.0
Yeah laws don't matter here anymore. We are a Banana Republic for the Uber wealthy no matter how awful they are. You got money? You too could be a scumbag American! Papers please for everyone else though..and even then those might not be enough.
🇺🇸 is living in a fascist dictatorship.
It's time to get that 2nd amendment into action.
Because fascism isn't going away by itself.
It has to be dragged out, whilst kicking and screaming.
That would be the case if they ever intended on giving up power. They don't intend on ever being put in a position where they have to account for their actions.
This is unverified. The only evidence I’ve seen on that allegation was based on photo comparison - and, to me, they don’t look like similar but different guys. If there’s some actual verifiable evidence they’re the same guy, I’d dearly love to see it.
And yet, there is ZERO verifiable evidence the allegation going around about a named militia freak being the same guy who busted that car window and arrested that immigrant being the same person.
The claim started by a rando saying photos of 2 obviously different people were the same guy. lol
Okay. If you come across it, and I’ll look for better sources too, I’d really like to see it.
I have seen reference to articles about this, but their source is the unverified claim too, so those are unhelpful. I know the Arizona Right Wing Watch account flat out says it’s not the same guy just fyi
Policing in America has a lot that goes back to the era of slavery in the US.
Where law enforcement is rooted in a national history of slavery and/or colonialism (whether as colonizer or colonized), brutality and racism in law enforcement is typically par for the course.
This judge part of the problem. He flat out refused to do his job. A birth certificate is a confirmation of his power because he’s an American citizen under the constitution and the judge is bound by that same constitution to carry out its laws. It should’ve been thrown out of court immediately.
This assumes what anyone in the legal system with authority values is justice. But that's not what those positions select for, what they select for is proceduralism, and procedure was followed here.
The fact it's a travesty of justice is immaterial to anyone in power.
I agree. But, procedures is not the law. Procedures is like a map you can follow, but a judge’s powers can override and even rewrite a procedure, especially in their own courtrooms. So, once again this was some bs by this judge.
Another example of why the USA is fucked up under the Trump administration and a reminder to potential visitors that you should STAY AWAY until further notice.
so there was a hearing, evidence that proved he is not an "unauthorized alien" and is, in fact, a natural born US citizen was provided to the judge and the judge says there's nothing she can do? Why is someone serving as a judge at a hearing if they are required to ignore evidence?
Where?
Florida?
Well that state is number 1 in corruption isn’t it
Bush stole the election from that location
De man and Rubio are all working together
The states only warm in winter
And from my view why people move there to get away from the cold temps
Oh damn. My apologies if I got the info wrong. I heard he was in the passenger seat and was going to visit family. The reason he traveled isn't super important. What matters most is people can't travel within their own country and be safe anymore.
While it’s hugely frustrating its also true that there’s a massive cohort who are simply poorly informed, excluded from info we take access to for granted, and who felt desperate for someone to improve their lives. Who are manipulated by those who couldn’t care less to serve their vested interests
We see the same in the UK and across the world where extreme and divisive politics push their populist messages don’t we. And sometimes we have to take some of the blame for not having the right tactics to fight back and prevent its rise.
Sorry but that’s terribly blasé and ignores the realities of life for many. Look at how the rise of support for this stuff maps onto metrics like poverty, educational inequality, poor opportunities.
This is what a dictatorship looks like. This is what a fascist regime looks like. I hope a fed judge and politicians step up and in quickly before he ends up in El Salvador.
I know it’s a big deal, but it’s not surprising. I’m really not sure why everyone here is surprised , Black people used to get pulled over and still do all the time just for driving while black, walking, while black, breathing while black. It has nothing to do with being a US citizen or not.
What’s my point ? Lol , why do you re-read what they wrote and then what I wrote a few times and maybe it’ll click in your head. What’s my point ? lol man your hilarious
Could be. But for a judge to continue occupying a chair when she knows she isn't given the full powers of the position, and to not resign over that kind of abuse, speaks volumes. But it's probably a lifetime gig with great benefits. Why should I judge?
judges are there to enforce the laws that are in place in the state where they are sitting.Thats the oath.
It's hard to make judgements without knowing why she ruled as she did. If she did not follow the laws of her state,she would be the same kind of criminal the Felon in Chief. I hate her ruling.
An ICE detainer is “a request that [an] agency advise [DHS], prior to release”. Noteworthy, it only applies to aliens, (he isn’t) it is not a requirement, it’s a request, and in subsection e, ICE specifically disclaims any financial responsibility.
SUE THEM UNTIL IT HURTS TOO MUCH TO COMPLY.
Sue in federal court ,for reckless negligence , and abuse under the color of law , ask for emergency injunction in federal court for whatever stupid argument they are having .
Of course it isn’t enough. This is about absolute fear over Americans. Easiest way to get it is to lock up the “disposable” Americans so that the others will get in line.
Its the slow knife…
They can’t lock up and deport white people they don’t like - yet.
I feel for you. Sadly average US citizens are oblivious to what is happening in their own country. Canadians know more about the US than many whose lives will be affected by this regime.
People are numb from the last time he was president and think if they can make it four years, it will be okay. He makes them sick so they shut down in January and don’t know or don’t want to know how bad it is bc they think it will get stopped. It sucks. The market tanking woke some up, but ugh.
Oh thank god for Null . What a fantastic and useful comment. I will now “grow a spine”‘and everything will be fixed. I was just sitting and eating toast and crying. I didn’t think about doing anything.
Half our country has been on it for years.
Watch out! We love Canada and it looks like the trumpery is starting there.
Don’t let them say you are overreacting or being alarmist. STICK TO THE WHOLE TRUTH and provide proof, and ELIMINATE FAKE NEWS, and keep big money out of politics.
No problem!
*Because of a Florida law recently passed that immediately puts him in the gentle and loving ministrations of ICE regardless of what the actual situation might be.
This is why I encouraged all US born children of immigrants to get US passports right after the election. I think some people felt like that was hyperbolic.
22 years of immigration and nationality law practice. Passports and passport cards have photos are federally issued and easily verified by the federal agencies. I understand that you are saying they are lawless, but your cynicism won’t really help people and problem solving still often does.
I'd agree if we were a normal USA but we're not. These selective cases are terrorist in nature. MAGA knows what it is doing and we better figure a response to it besides waiting for the law which is being consciously subverted & denied. Look at them bandying about this "deport Citizens" nonsense.
I have said it repeatedly —Give fascism and evil an inch it will assuredly take a yard. Refusal to stand up against unlawful detainments & deportation is a pure route to destruction & hell. Stop saying it’s just those people. Now it is a US citizen being detained. Get it!?
😂
Unfortunately I’m showing my age falling off My Flintstone dinosaur here.
Both sayings are actually accurate.
Mile is considered modern and yeah common —dates from 1900 but inch to yard earlier than that and inch to ell (45 inches) just obsolete. But yea don’t give em the inch!
An abysmal display of what unchecked power and racism looks like. Do not let them say that it is anything other than profiling to get rid of the “scary brown people.”
Face it, he doesn’t have a name like Jones that screams White American. He’s being held because his name is not a WASP name. This is the worst of the USA but it’s on steroids under trump
👆🏾👇🏾”Un ciudadano nacido en EE. UU. fue arrestado en Florida por entrar al estado como “extranjero no autorizado.” Su mamá y una líder comunitaria enseñaron su acta de nacimiento en la corte de Leon County. La jueza dijo que no tenía autoridad pa’ soltarlo.”
Like I've said.....those fukn MORON ice 🧊...cops....troopers and all fukd up police of any type.....especially ice is a federally paid GANG....as all police ...of any type.....tax payer paid GANGS
"He appears to have been arrested and charged under an 'anti-immigration' law passed in Florida two months ago, despite the fact that the law is currently under a temporary restraining order and isn’t supposed to be enforced."
"Why did local authorities completely disregard a fed court ruling in order to arrest Lopez Gomez, and then disregard the fact he’s a natural-born US citizen? Is this a mistake, or are they taking their lead from the president, who is currently disregarding a court order from the Supreme Court?"
Wtf?! Nah that's bullshit. The judge needs to get off their fat ass and bring the hammer down on those ICE agents. This is ridiculous. Seriously, don't come to the former US. It's now trumpland
Thank you! I never thought I'd have the same fears for my children that my grandparents had for my parents. Its stressful carrying the weight of that fear with you your entire life! I never EVER thought we would be here again as a country and yet...
Its sad that we are still firing rockets at each other and actively trying to keep people trapped in a system of abuse and stress when we could be working together to defend ourselves from asteroids or cure cancer or something good for everyone.
Agreed, they divided everyone to achieve this, uniting is key, saw some good footage the other day of a group surrounding a target of ICE and defending them.
This is a global fight now, America faces the same enemy as Ukraine and Europe, they just used a different method of attack to take America.
I didn't mean white people should be standing up just because they are next I think it was slightly misunderstood, right now they are safe from accidental deportations and can be standing up, speaking out, fascists have to pick people off, the sooner we stand the more of us there are!
I know but these are fear tactics for now, she can't be deported but thinking she can may be enough to make her run if she sees ICE & not help the real target.
Its designed to subdue people and scare them into complicity.
Agree- and I live here- moved here many years ago because it was a purple state (unlike Kansas at the time)- stay here to be close to our daughter- when she leaves, we leave.
You might want to have that discussion with her. It may be time to start planning and have things ready to go. FL seems to be at a new level of GOP rule. Testing ground for the larger organization hellbent on making us a dictatorship.
So "kick all the brown people out no matter what" is now the official policy of my country.
As a Cherokee, allow me to remind you that damn near all of you are immigrants, or the relatives of them. I propose we instead kick all the white people out.
I looked into renaturalizing to Germany but unfortunately my great great grandfather immigrated right before Germany existed (he was the last of seven brothers killed for resisting unification).
The Hopi tribe sent elders to the U.N. in 1992 to speak of this time. Keep in mind, other traditions also speak of similar events. For example, Hindu and Yugas. Same information, explained differently.
I wrote many years ago "Everything is a circle, we end up where we've been, maybe moving in different directions, but everything in life meets everything in the end."
Eventually, we all find out, even if we didn't fuck around.
Nope. A class action is essentially for monetary damages—has nothing to do with due process and getting people out of detention centers in foreign countries.
I still disagree with you: Class action lawsuits aren’t only for monetary damages. They’re also used for discriminatory practices: In this case, U.S. Citizens who are being detained based on skin color or racial profiling. The defendant would be the government. Unprecedented but inevitable.
Filled with accomplices. I'm sorry, but it baffles me that some people are confused like this. You guys really need to stop thinking that they'll do something for the most part. Some of them do. But you see any of the real big names doing a single fucking thing? They're old, rich. Don't care.
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tailgating,drug indicators,
missing license plates or they are also allowed to do random checks for drugs,alcohol,
missing persons,etc.
As the sister of a retired state LEO, I know the difference. It matters.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/21/starved-in-jail
I am wondering if the Administration is teeing up an individualized birthright challenge, rather than face the AGs in New Jersey vs. Trump.
Dark times.
Clearly this would be a miscarriage of justice and unconstitutional. Additional details might help drive home how this can happen to anyone
Also have you been able to get any news attention?
https://www.wlrn.org/government-politics/2025-02-10/ice-police-interrogate-arrest-undocumented-immigrants
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone
If I had said "is" I guess that would be better? Lol very nitpicky and a pointless distinction
I don’t need more information.
Just like I don’t need more information when a cop shoots an unarmed citizen.
Just like I don’t need more information when someone has been sexually assaulted.
My values and humanity are not conditional or situational.
and how much of this is ICE itself just going completely rogue and arresting every non-white person they see. The “assume they are all illegal and let the judge figure it out later” type tactic.
https://bsky.app/profile/popehater69.bsky.social/post/3lmzmutp5a222
They just want to deport / murder/ remove black and brown people.
You really don’t have to go past that with this regime. They are the reincarnation of the Nazis, from RFKs eugenics, to tulsi and orange morons deep ties and glazing of the Putin regime
ICE used to prioritize people with criminal histories for their detainers. I believe you are right that this has changed.
The Gestapo branch of the immigration and customs enforcement service has starting to collect American citizens under the authority of Tom Homan. Who apparently doesn’t care whether he’s violating the fifth amendment of the constitution or not.
Time to fire this moron.
Sorry Disney!
This has been happening for a long time…
ICE makes mistakes
It's still awful but it's not "starting" like it's a fresh new unique thing.
this isn't something you "fire", it's the entire system. ICE didn't exist until after 9/11. it must be destroyed entirely.
"Plug-ugly" nothing more.
Thank you.
I couldn't describe him any other way.
No one is coming to save the Republic.
No one is going to save you.
It is our job, our responsibility, and our obligation to save it and ourselves. Start up the militias, let's not wait until we can't afford food, fuel, & bullets.
Revolution is the solution.
If you can't take the time to convince a judge to issue a proper arrest warrant then don't ask other agencies to arrest people.
And that’s before we start talking about how ICE is the political armed force of the GOP.
I am sort of only half-kidding. Kind of.
I’m so sorry this is happening.
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/17/u-s-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law/
https://bsky.app/profile/azjpm.bsky.social/post/3lmzggvp5322p
They misspelled his name on detention, so it's jaun, not Juan.
Google provided this
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/juan-gomez-lopez-missing-woodlawn-va
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-born-man-held-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law
ACT NOW!
Do republicans want to go down in history as the heroes who save our democracy from a cruel fascist dictator or the cowards who helped him destroy America?
Time to donate if you can. They’re going to be busy.
I say this because cops, like soldiers, are supposedly not allowed to follow unlawful orders.
He's a US citizen!!
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1617
Lopez-Gomez was arrested by a FL state trooper for violating a FL state law but there was an injunction issued on 4/4 to stop enforcement of that law. Why did FL authorities violate that?
https://recentlybooked.com/FL/Leon/JAUN-LOPEZ-GOMEZ~36_278678
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/17/u-s-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law/
Perhaps flooding them with calls can help? ¡Apoyo!❤️
JFC! Happy Holy Week, all you fake-ass Christians! The Gospel is lost on you.
https://bsky.app/profile/llanosjackie.bsky.social/post/3ln2as4myj22e
If all law enforcement was following the law, THAT LAW NEEDS TO BE CHANGED!
Kind of law.
Seems crazy that the judge could not override this given the proof of citizenship. So ICE authority is higher than judges.. something wrong there
He’s in a concentration camp in El Salvador.
😂🤣😂
Tallahassee corruption probe turns attention to judges
"Leon County Sheriff McNeil said the shooter was a 20-yr-old FSU student and son of a Leon County deputy."
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2025/04/17/who-florida-state-university-shooter-tallahassee-injuries-fatalities/83143641007/
They said they're never going back.
Jesus Christ.
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She has no authority to follow the law ?
A JUDGE !
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/17/u-s-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law/
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In normal countries a judge CAN pass a message to another judge. That 2nd judge will then have to verify that the message is correct and if if it IS correct that it is acted upon.
We have a federalist system of government. Our state courts are different than our federal courts, and each has their own jurisdiction and authority.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/us-uk-trade-deal-lgbtq
It's time to get that 2nd amendment into action.
Because fascism isn't going away by itself.
It has to be dragged out, whilst kicking and screaming.
Following orders is NOT an excuse and it's NOT gonna fly when the trials start.
Do you think that the pendulum MUST swing back? Check out how long the dictatorship has held in North Korea. And that is one of many such countries.
Sometimes, the game just ends.
The situation with an ICE officer breaking a car window was not ICE but a deputized militia member.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
https://bsky.app/profile/onestpress.bsky.social/post/3lmzvptwxxc2f
Name. Address. Phone number. Email. Cell. Parents? Spouse? Children? Favorite pet?
Maybe people want to send him... their best wishes. Or something.
Fffking nazis. Expose. Shame. Harass. Make everyone associated with him regret it.
Stop being so fffking nice and polite damnit!
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/veterans-patrol/
#SomeOfThoseThatWorkForces
The claim started by a rando saying photos of 2 obviously different people were the same guy. lol
I have seen reference to articles about this, but their source is the unverified claim too, so those are unhelpful. I know the Arizona Right Wing Watch account flat out says it’s not the same guy just fyi
https://bsky.app/profile/therealjackhopkins.bsky.social/post/3lmzpvblqck2g
The person who started the claim cited ZERO evidence other than the photo comparison, and this kind of assertion needs verifiable evidence.
Where law enforcement is rooted in a national history of slavery and/or colonialism (whether as colonizer or colonized), brutality and racism in law enforcement is typically par for the course.
Miserable incels
It seems to go:
1. Trump
2. ICE
3. The Law
4. Everyone else
Sorry, I thought you were reposting from tiktok or something. Horrifying.
The fact it's a travesty of justice is immaterial to anyone in power.
Florida?
Well that state is number 1 in corruption isn’t it
Bush stole the election from that location
De man and Rubio are all working together
The states only warm in winter
And from my view why people move there to get away from the cold temps
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-born-man-held-ice-190324683.html
You swore to defend the Constitution.
That Nazi thug president tramples democracy every day.
The concentration camps are here.
We need you to shout “Impeach!”
All together.
Every day.
(Please repost.)
It's hard to make judgements without knowing why she ruled as she did. If she did not follow the laws of her state,she would be the same kind of criminal the Felon in Chief. I hate her ruling.
SUE THEM UNTIL IT HURTS TOO MUCH TO COMPLY.
We all see the water on fire but can't force our hearts to accept the reality of what our brains are showing us.
Its the slow knife…
They can’t lock up and deport white people they don’t like - yet.
But it’s coming. They said so.
Watch out! We love Canada and it looks like the trumpery is starting there.
Don’t let them say you are overreacting or being alarmist. STICK TO THE WHOLE TRUTH and provide proof, and ELIMINATE FAKE NEWS, and keep big money out of politics.
No problem!
It's supposed to be not be enforced due to a federal judge's restraining order as of April 4th
Just FYI....fascism thrives here.....
Bugs Bunny Was Right
I am sure MAGA is totally fine with this because he has a "funny" name that MAGA doesn't like.
Unfortunately I’m showing my age falling off My Flintstone dinosaur here.
Both sayings are actually accurate.
Mile is considered modern and yeah common —dates from 1900 but inch to yard earlier than that and inch to ell (45 inches) just obsolete. But yea don’t give em the inch!
for Florida Tourism.
If I was planning to vacation
there, you can be assured
those plans would end now.
Let’s amplify this.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194119/ice-detains-us-born-citizen-despite-birth-certificate
We are so primitive, just dumb cavemen still.
This is a global fight now, America faces the same enemy as Ukraine and Europe, they just used a different method of attack to take America.
Its designed to subdue people and scare them into complicity.
Look what they're doing, there are no accidents.
https://bsky.app/profile/oneeyeonthereich.bsky.social/post/3ln22c4xo622t
the rest of the world watches with disgust
be better
As a Cherokee, allow me to remind you that damn near all of you are immigrants, or the relatives of them. I propose we instead kick all the white people out.
Then, maybe, you can use it to deport them.
A circle is a wonderful thing.
The Hopi tribe sent elders to the U.N. in 1992 to speak of this time. Keep in mind, other traditions also speak of similar events. For example, Hindu and Yugas. Same information, explained differently.
The white man would seek the help of indigenous peoples to relearn the way of living in harmony with Mother Earth.
And time is short. 2040 now seems generous, considering the deregulation.
Rising oceans, honeybees, microplastics, methane levels (Over 20x more potent than CO2) etc.
Everything is connected.
Eventually, we all find out, even if we didn't fuck around.
https://www.youtube.com/@therealgeraldauger
https://bsky.app/profile/latticemindset.bsky.social/post/3lmuw26wdms2r
Kick all the arseholes out, irrespective of colour.
Start at the top.
No, wait, that makes it WORSE.
My family on both sides came here in the late 1700s.
white immigrants.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-born-citizen-detained-ice-immigration-florida-rcna201800
He was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for speeding
He presented his Georgia state ID but the cops arrested him for being in the country illegally
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/17/u-s-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-born-american-citizen-ice-hold-florida-released-rcna201854
Where is the Democratic party leadership?