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.
Before they claim to have smelled smoke and valiantly battled the fire with a hail of bullets.
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.
Two things would happen.
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They’d justify the ICE goon’s behavior by claiming the embassy was enabling terrorism or drug trafficking.
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They would pitch a huge fit, take some sort of extreme action, and claim they’re in the right because US diplomats are good guys.
They don’t care about rules, ethics, or even having a consistent system of values. They only care about punishing people, power, and getting what they want when they want it. If they pull back at all, it’s only because they fear their support (and with it their immunity from consequences) is slipping. They’re just bullies and cowards.
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Jesus it’s a matter of time until ICE abducts some ambassador isn’t it
So DHS really didn’t teach the new hires anything useful. Got it.
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.
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?
Until they get universal healthcare they haven’t ever been part of the civilized world as far as I’m concerned. It doesn’t even have to be that good, it just has to be not completely absent(the ACA does not do enough to redeem the rest).
