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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Plainclothes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (|CE) agents

ITYM secret police

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Even if you believe that horrible people don’t deserve due process, you cannot determine that without due process.

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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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Oh there will be law. Just not the law we’re used to.

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🌍🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀 always has been

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lol … I never comment on emojis but these were funny

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No way those denied a legal path will turn to organized crime. Unpossible!

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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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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.

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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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I don’t care how evil you are what you did. You deserve due process as that is a basic human right.

We need rule of law especially now more than ever

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That’s the thing people seem to miss (although they seem to be coming around a bit). What you did or how evil you are can only be determined by due process.

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What you did or how evil you are can only be determined by due process.

Yes. Without due process for everyone, no American is ‘innocent until proven guilty’. You are guilty until they decide otherwise.

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