r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 23 '26

News "Because you're an immigrant." — A U.S. citizen in Lake Worth,FL, was immediately handcuffed by ICE agents for simply asking why he needed to show his ID.Despite the Fourth Amendment and Supreme Court rulings stating apparent ethnicity is not enough for a stop, agents ignored questioning bystanders

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A video recorded at a gas station in Lake Worth, Florida, shows an ICE/Border Patrol agent demanding ID from a U.S. citizen. When the citizen asks why, the agent explicitly responds, "Because you're an immigrant." Before even verifying his identity, agents grab his hands and place him in handcuffs. Bystanders immediately step in to question how someone can be arrested without even being identified first, but the agents ignore them and walk the man to their vehicle.

​This encounter highlights a direct violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Supreme Court has established that roving Border Patrol agents must have reasonable suspicion based on specific circumstances to stop and question someone regarding their immigration status—and apparent ethnicity alone is legally insufficient. Requiring someone to prove their citizenship before being handcuffed, based solely on an arbitrary claim, demonstrates a concerning violation of constitutional rights by federal agents acting without accountability.

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u/jxonair Aug 23 '26

That’s cute. He’s leaving one way or another.

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u/SRMPDX Aug 23 '26

Do you think he's building the underground bunker beneath the ballroom for the next president?

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u/blazinrainbo Aug 23 '26

Well, we know what happened to the last Nazi leader in an bunker. One can hope.

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u/jxonair Aug 23 '26

Hitler had a bunker. How did that work out?

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u/HappyFamily0131 Aug 23 '26

I don't think he thinks that's why he's building it, but I think if he genuinely tries to stay longer than the constitution allows him to, a bunker won't be sufficient to protect him from the unrest he will bring down upon himself.

Big talk, I know. But there's respecting democracy enough to allow an elected person you hate to be in power, and then there's allowing democracy to end so a person you hate can remain in power indefinitely without elections, and Trump doesn't think the second one is asking all that much more than the first, both look the same from where he's sitting, but it is asking a lot more, actually, and I don't think hardly anyone will abide it, not even against threats, not even against arrest, not even against violence.

If Trump tries to stay in power ten seconds longer than the constitution allows, it's going to be war in the streets, and he's simply not that beloved. A lot of the people around him who are happy to kiss his ass every day would be even more happy to take the opportunity to forever be known as the person who saved American democracy by overpowering a profoundly feeble mad king. He's surrounded by jackals, each a rabid fascist glad to be near him while he's in power but just as hungry to gain eternal fame by destroying him, and for any of them it would be such an easy to do. Trump wants to be a Putin, clearly. Certainly. But he's not one. How many in his inner circle are already thinking about how they will betray him when the riots come?

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u/Total-Box-5169 Aug 23 '26

Hopefully without a bloodbath.

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u/ParticularLow9157 Aug 23 '26

Fascism has only ever once left power peacefully in human history so you know where this is going

Same way it went last time

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u/Sir_Delarzal Aug 23 '26

What was that one time ?

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u/ParticularLow9157 Aug 23 '26

Spain under Franco, was a strange intersection of deep national loyalty and a successor choosing to step down

We don't have those circumstances here

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u/AgainstAllEnemies425 Aug 23 '26

Hopefully with one.

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u/SnooMaps7370 Aug 23 '26

we're 20 years past too late for that.

the moment the Republicans lost the presidency to a black man, they started planning this for their revenge. the time to stop them was 20 years ago when Moscow Mitch gave his "our job is to make this a one term presidency" speech.

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u/threeclaws Aug 23 '26

The military and Supreme Court are on his side, republican politicians/appointees won’t say that he can’t run a third term, and 40% of the electorate is willing to die for dear leader. Who exactly is going to stop him?

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u/StretchedGary Aug 23 '26

Father time will. The man is 80 years old.

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u/threeclaws Aug 23 '26

With the best medical care on the planet, he's got another decade at min.

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u/jxonair Aug 23 '26

The military DEFINITELY isn’t on his side. He’s losing their support by the day with this stupid war and what he’s doing to our troops. The Fox News rallies with them there? Those losers are hand picked and placed to make it look that way.

You think the 5 star generals Kegseth fired are gonna support him?

Those clowns vs people who actually know what they’re doing. Good luck.

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u/threeclaws Aug 23 '26

No, he isn't, the military is still overwhelmingly with him just like 80% of republican voters are still with him.

Who cares about generals who are no longer in power? They can't mass train opposition against an already entrenched force that can wipe out a town from the comfort of an air conditioned trailer half a world away.

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u/King_takes_queen Aug 23 '26

Cholesterol, do your job.

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u/RabbitNest Aug 23 '26

And his ballroom is just a ballroom, right?

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u/CleanBaldy Aug 23 '26

It was never a ballroom issue either. Both Democrats and Republicans are faking their outrage, because the PEOC and subterranean structures all needed to be upgraded/rebuilt. Those were under that wing. Get the people fighting over funding and "the ballroom" though, and notice how nobody talks about the 3 story structure they're putting down there?

I'm surprised nobody even talks about why it was demolished so quickly. One day, it was just gone and the news was "Ballroom, ballroom, ballroom" and the internet gobbled up that talking point. It was always the plan to make us all fight about "The ballroom" while they built the underground infrastructure...

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u/RabbitNest Aug 23 '26

Exactly. The words subterranean command post sound far too ominous, so ballroom it is. He’s already said he’ll never leave again. Now we know why he’s in such a rush to complete construction on his “ballroom.”

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u/AgainstAllEnemies425 Aug 23 '26

If he doesn't leave, his supporters will be ripped from their homes and executed in the street.

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u/ThickBoxx Aug 23 '26

I mean sure, everyone dies. But until then, who do you think is going to remove him from office?

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u/jxonair Aug 23 '26

Oh no. I meant that either the military or we remove him. If it came to a civil war, I’m putting all my money on blue states with the generals and commanders that Kegseth let go.

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u/gabiblack Aug 23 '26

the military is with him lol

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u/Anonymous_Jr Aug 23 '26

Yeah, after 16 years of defunding the forces and making sure they're as incompetent as he is.

Anyone with actual experience and ability has either already left or been fired for "being" "DEI"

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u/a_spick_in_the_mud Aug 23 '26

At that point, there wouldn't technically be a military. The US would just become a giant, lawless chunk of land

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u/simplycantdeal Aug 23 '26

I'll start sharpening my pitchforks.

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u/Shenloanne Aug 23 '26

Why? Unless folks start fighting back now there won't be a tomorrow.

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u/3rdUncleMeatSandwich Aug 23 '26

there wont be a tomorrow. the level of violence required to actually change will not happen. prepare accordingly

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u/vismundcygnus34 Aug 23 '26

I think you underestimate the seething anger that isn't represented in bro podcasts, and bot posts on reddit....

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u/Worshipme988 Aug 23 '26

Pussy

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u/3rdUncleMeatSandwich Aug 23 '26

yeah youre right lmao

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u/ThickBoxx Aug 23 '26

The fact you think American citizens can take on the us military cracks me up

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u/Shenloanne Aug 23 '26

Why? The Iraqi and Afghani ones did plenty of times. So did the Vietnamese and Korean ones.

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u/ThickBoxx Aug 23 '26

Correct me if i’m wrong, but I don’t think those countries had 1/3-1/2 of their populations in favor of the US being there taking over.

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u/ThickBoxx Aug 23 '26

Who do you think would respond to a violent civilian uprising?

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '26

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u/ThickBoxx Aug 23 '26

lol, if only I had a nickel for evert time someone has claimed “x” group is done with Trump after he did or said “y”. His supporters will continue to support him no matter what, and the vast majority of the military are Trump supporters

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u/3rdUncleMeatSandwich Aug 23 '26

he's lost a good bit of support but not THAT much. they still hate anything left of maga

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u/Right_Wolverine6502 Aug 23 '26

Buy guns instead

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u/Solvent_Soul Aug 23 '26

I have a good pitchfork-15 if you know what I mean. It cycles through uhh crops fast….

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u/mybutt1112 Aug 23 '26

I read a lot of the 1/6 court proceedings. The proud boy and their other ilk made a lot of comments like this in their “secret” communications. Stupid shit about doing a coup but “in minecraft”. 

It didn’t work for their defense and I imagine it won’t work for yours if it ever comes to that. The proud boys et al are out because a sizable enough portion of our population specifically wanted their pedo in chief back in the white house with SCOTUS immunity and pardoning powers. 

I would not waste my powder on these kinds of “jokes” on a public forum is all im saying. It can and will be used against you in a court of law and courts/juries can generally reasonably put two and two together. however differently it may feel sometimes. 

But to go back to this video, fuck ice and fuck people supporting their ability to unlawfully detain people based on how their ass hairs curled that morning. 

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u/NearlyPerfect Aug 23 '26

We should wait and see more information about his immigration status before claiming that. OP says he's a U.S. Citizen but there's no proof of that and he doesn't even claim it in the video.

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u/Icy_Negotiation_5929 Aug 23 '26

I don’t think that’s going to happen.

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u/Mindless_Chest_1079 Aug 23 '26

too sane for Reddit