Crew members were still wearing their Disney uniforms when they were escorted away from the boat with their hands zip-tied behind their backs, reports say

Some travelers on Disney’s Magic cruise ship were left disturbed earlier this month after ICE agents stormed onto the vessel and detained several crew members.

Immigrant rights groups said at least 10 crew members were detained at the Port of San Diego on April 23 after the Disney-run cruise ship returned following a five-day trip.

Dharmi Mehta and her family had enjoyed their trip, but were upset when they saw the head waiter, whom they had become close with, being led away from the docked boat with his hands zip-tied behind his back.

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    Wait, these crew members were on a ship, not on US soil. US Customs and Immigration is on land which you have to pass through to get to the USA. ICE actually dragged them onto US soil just so they could say they were there illegally? WTF?!

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      Technically you need permission to dock. It means that the entire crew manifest was known to the government prior to arrival and they were given permission to dock. Then they were arrested. If there was a problem with them being in the US they should never have been given permission.

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      ICE actually dragged them onto US soil just so they could say they were there illegally?

      Oh you sweet summer child: ICE has already executed American citizens in broad daylight (on camera) for exercising their constitutional rights. Why would laws matter now?

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        I’m not talking about laws. I’m talking about their supposed mandate to deport those in the US illegally. These folks on the ship weren’t even in the USA so there was no need to take them into the USA to deport them.

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          There’s also plenty of people in the US legally they have detained and deported / have killed.

          Their mandate is racism, control, and projecting power.

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      CBP comes onboard to process all the guests and crew before a ship gets to the US. I’m thinking these crew members couldn’t get their I-95’s and got deported (instead of not getting shore leave in the US) so that Trump can flood the zone with more “winning”.

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        I’m thinking these crew members couldn’t get their I-95’s and got deported

        I’m thinking nobody bothered to check the paperwork and they just grabbed some people that weren’t “white enough”.

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      That’s not how it works.

      Any ship in any country 's territorial waters is subject to that country’s laws.

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    Not that I really expect Disney to ever do the right thing as such, but I can dream about Disney lawyers going all…

    …in court for ICE fucking around with their “WOW” customer service ethos and therefore their bottom line.

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      They actually love brown people. They want their cheap labor and this stuff keeps people afraid and makes them keep their head down. It has the added benefit that they get to parade it around to their electorate like ‘something is being done’

      It’s theater to keep poor white people in fly over states from realizing that the people in power are the ones selling them out and have been the entire time.

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    OMG we are going to be so fucked when the supply chains start to break down. Who the fuck is going to bring goods to America if there is a chance your going to get arrested for doing business with them?

    This is so comically stupid, that it kind of takes the wind out of how bad this is.

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    …and the World Cup is around the corner. Stay home and watch it on TV or in your local pub, unless you have tickets for the matches in Mexico and Canada.