Outrage after ICE agents tackle man at Las Vegas airport
Metro officers found no outstanding warrants as ICE agents walked away after bystanders gathered around the attempted arrest.
- On Monday, July 13, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempted to detain an elderly man at Harry Reid International Airport but abandoned the arrest after bystanders intervened, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
- Upon arrival at Terminal 3, airport police observed the man handcuffed, conducted a records check that found no outstanding warrants, removed the restraint, and notified ICE of the incident.
- A viral video shows plainclothes officers restraining the man before a Transportation Security Administration employee intervened, directing the public to step back; the officers then abruptly walked away.
- Phu Nguyen, 57, of Vietnam, was arrested by federal agents at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday, July 14, after ICE said he had overstayed his visa.
- While ICE Los Angeles alleged that "agitators" attempted to help Nguyen evade detention at the airport, LVMPD confirmed the officers had walked away from the arrest before completing it.
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Australian handcuffed by ICE in Las Vegas
Footage of the incident shows two plainclothes officers leaving the man on the ground as walking off as bystanders gathered.
Plainclothes ICE Agents Attempt To Arrest Migrant At Las Vegas Airport
Source: ICE Los Angeles Field Office / x A video has gone viral that shows two plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on top of a man they were attempting to handcuff at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, before onlookers asked them what was going on, prompting the agents to simply walk away from the man, whom they left with a pair of cuffs still attached to one of his wrists. According to NBC News, Las Vegas…
Plainclothes ICE agents left man partially handcuffed at Las Vegas airport after being confronted by onlookers, video shows
Two plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents left a man partially handcuffed on the ground Monday after they attempted to arrest him at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and onlookers confronted them, according to police and federal officials.
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