ICE Agents in Ski Masks Snatch Migrant who Overstayed Tourist Visa Out of Lawyer's Car

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents clad in tactical gear and ski masks stopped a Connecticut lawyer's car outside a courthouse and arrested his client, a Polish immigrant working to adjust his visa status.

Adrian Baron, a New Britain-based attorney, detailed the incident on social media, describing how multiple blacked-out vehicles surrounded his car after he left a local courthouse.

"You might have heard that ICE is only going after hardened criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. It's simply not true," Baron said in a statement.

[Gotta hit those quotas somehow.]

According to Baron, the immigrant had legally entered the country on a tourist visa, which he later overstayed. While overstaying a visa is a civil infraction, not a criminal offense, it has become a growing target of federal immigration enforcement.

Baron criticized the use of heavily armed federal agents for such cases, arguing that resources should be focused on criminals and public threats rather than individuals trying to adjust their status legally. [which is what they were doing at the courthouse]

He was giving his client a ride home when his car was boxed in by four federal vehicles. Armed agents from ICE and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ordered Baron to shut off his engine before removing his client from the vehicle.

 

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents clad in tactical gear and ski masks stopped a Connecticut lawyer's car outside a courthouse and arrested his client, a Polish immigrant working to adjust his visa status.

Adrian Baron, a New Britain-based attorney, detailed the incident on social media, describing how multiple blacked-out vehicles surrounded his car after he left a local courthouse.

"You might have heard that ICE is only going after hardened criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. It's simply not true," Baron said in a statement.

[Gotta hit those quotas somehow.]

According to Baron, the immigrant had legally entered the country on a tourist visa, which he later overstayed. While overstaying a visa is a civil infraction, not a criminal offense, it has become a growing target of federal immigration enforcement.

Baron criticized the use of heavily armed federal agents for such cases, arguing that resources should be focused on criminals and public threats rather than individuals trying to adjust their status legally. [which is what they were doing at the courthouse]

He was giving his client a ride home when his car was boxed in by four federal vehicles. Armed agents from ICE and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ordered Baron to shut off his engine before removing his client from the vehicle.

ICE has stated they're going after EVERYONE who is here illegally.

One has to wonder if this person was just committing a minor infraction like the article implies, why would he need an attorney? And if the person knew his visa was going to expire, why did he wait until it had expire before trying to renew it from the courts? Nope, doesn't add up.

As far as ski masks goes, the left has been taking pictures of ICE agents and posting them around town, endangering them and their families. So please stop the whinning in protecting criminals. I'm glad to see that ICE is protecting our police force.