The 23-year-old was pulled out of the van, placed in handcuffs, and detained for about 25 minutes while the agent searched him. When the agents finally found his ID confirming his citizenship, the agents let him go — without offering any explanation or apology.
A 23-year-old electrician from Brentwood is speaking out after a disturbing encounter with federal immigration agents left him handcuffed and shaken, despite being a U.S. citizen.
Elzon Lemus says he was on the job, driving in a work van with his co-worker in Westbury when they were pulled over by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The incident was recorded on Lemus’ phone.
“What’s up, guys? Can I see your ID, please?” an agent asks in the video.
When Lemus questions why they’re being stopped, the agent replies vaguely, “Cause you look like someone I’m looking for. Can I see your ID?”
Lemus continues, “Who are you looking for exactly? Because it’s definitely not me.”
The agent then warns him, “This is going to go one of two ways here. I need to see your ID — if you’re not the guy I’m looking for, you’re not the guy I’m looking for. But we need your ID.”
When Lemus continues to question why he’s being stopped the agent escalates and says “If we don’t get your ID we are going to need to figure out another way to ID you and that may not work out well for you.”
Since when can ICE make traffic stops?
Anyone can do anything. There are only consequences after the fact and only if the state agrees there should be.
Laws are just agreements not to do stuff
Since they are Trump’s secret police.
The Yankee Gestapo have been allowed to do what they want by The Fatboy Tangerine …and by the us population.
These dumbass nicknames trivialize a very serious subject. What possible reason could you have to make a joke out of this?
Likely won’t be a popular opinion, but I for one agree. This is a serious issue.
I wouldn’t mind as much if they were at least clever but they’re always second grade playground level dumb. It makes all of us look like idiots.
Since people started obeying them. If it’s not a cop, you don’t have to stop.
He should have been a long Island ICE tea
It’s a common theory that many of thr 1/6 rioters are now ICE members. So here is a list of the pardoned fucks. https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-january-6-prisoners-released-2018097
And fuck Jon Schaffer in particular.
ICE has been directly and illegally ordered to violate the fourth amendment and are doing it every day.
Lawsuit time and this one is legit.
And he might get justice in ten years.
And?
This is PAYDAY. Open and shut slam dunk.
I wish my rights were this clearly violated.
It’s payday… In ten years.
Assuming the laws don’t change.
And assuming ICE doesn’t kill him to stop the lawsuit.
Your cynicism is makes impossible to have a rational discussion.
Everything’s going to be back bite with some little sarcastic pissy remark and I just am exhausted by this kind of dialogue.
It’s payday if a judge in 10 years gives a shit about constitutional violations, or if judges are still non-partisan by then. The dude also looks Latino, so his odds are even worse. I am an outsider looking in, but I wouldn’t trust that shit hole country to uphold any sense of the law after what I’ve seen over the last few weeks. Fuckin’ embarrassing mess down there.
Agreed, this is a clear cut Constitutional violation. Should be worth millions.
Yes, the democracy is crumbling but at least some people will get paid.
Profiting from dictatorship must be the most American thing ever.
What? 🤣
Family lives near Brentwood want I can absolutely see ICE thugs doing this to them.
“You look like someone I’m looking for” seems to be a recurring quote from these guys.
Imagine having this in your car on a card and when ICE asks for your ID you pull this out.
Man, tfw I’m an immigrant, but I’m pale as the fucking moon so I can’t do this
They really hit the nail on the head with that cutaway
the last one is almost VANTA BLACK.
“You fit the profile”
Next is Stop and Frisk nationwide followed by “Papers Please”
Based on the latest reports, no way they would be polite enough to say “please”
removes wig
removes prosthetic teeth
removes rubber nose
removes lifts
removes muscle suit
“Do I still look like them?”holds up color chart “Yeah, you’re still a dead ringer.”
Can’t sat it’s something I’d root for but is black/brown face still bad if you use it to waste cops and ice’s time?
I’ve yet to see these guys looking for a middle aged white male or female.
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One? … all the headlines highlight mass arrests of any kind of brown non-white person everywhere … dozens, even hundreds of them. I’m sure there are white people being added to that list somewhere but they are few and far between, while the majority of the masses being attacked are brown minority groups and individuals.
Quotas for DEI initiatives bad: no merit for chosen employees
Quotas for ICE good: no merit for those arrested in order to meet quota…
I know I know, you don’t logic a Magoo. There is none to be had…
The scary part is that there absolutely is logic to it. They’re still just slightly short of being willing to say that part out loud.
Isn’t illegally detaining folks a violation of their civil rights/freedoms? Pretty sure that one that isn’t protected by qualified immunity… fucking scum
DO NOT PULL OVER FOR NAZIS
DeSantis has a tip for those whose cars are surrounded in a threatening manner.
That’s a great way to give then grounds to actually arrest you. Or maybe just crash your car and kill you.
For the love of God, SUE!!!
So spend money to do what exactly?
SUE
Good luck. The government has pretty consistently ruled that the government is immune from liability in situations like this.
Yes but he looks foreign which I think is enough these days
/S maybe.
What does “look foreign” even mean in a place like the US? I think you mean he didn’t look white enough.
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Since the republicans passed laws allowing teachers to be armed in schools it would be such sweet karmatic justice if one them melts an ICE agent.
Take down individual names any time you have them. They are deciding to do those things individually, and they will answer individually to the citizens, when some bro stairs save america by being tripped upon by an ailing man, and it all starts crumbling and imploding.
The Gestapo strike again.
Papers please.
