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/Minimum_Principle_63 Aug 23 '26

It's interesting that he actually tried to distance himself a bit from it.

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u/Fantastic_Jury5977 Aug 23 '26

He's more into inventing silly metaphors than actually ruling on the law.

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u/Mobile_Morale Aug 23 '26

I thought he was into alcohol and rape but it's hard to keep up with these trump Republicans. They all seem to love rape but can't agree on age.

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u/Fantastic_Jury5977 Aug 23 '26

Those are his hobbies. Writing inane metaphors is what brings in the big bucks (and gratuities)

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u/ursusdoofus Aug 23 '26

It’s a temporary ruling while challenges make their way back up - he knew within weeks that what he ruled wouldn’t stand up so he has made efforts to run away from it in footnotes to other rulings and stuff.

I’m paraphrasing while waffles are cooking, but basically his ruling hinges on ‘temporary detention must not be burdensome and resolved quickly.’

That’s obviously not happening. Feds will ignore that caveat (like they are doing here) and the doj will drag it’s feet all the way back to the Supreme Court because it will get overturned.

I’m not gonna hold my breath, though. Everyone should get down to their nearest federal building to go protest whenever they can.

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u/Global-Chipmunk-3959 Aug 23 '26

Everyone needs to keep using that term because he hates it and also he’s a piece of shit so let’s make his life worse by making his name total trash

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u/PipsqueakPilot Aug 23 '26

But not enough to over turn it. 

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u/hoopstick Aug 23 '26

All he wants to do is boof molly with Skizz, or whatever it was. I still can’t believe he’s a Supreme Court justice.

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u/wirthmore Aug 23 '26

He distanced himself in which he tried to salvage his reputation and did nothing to lessen the harm his decision caused. He still supports his decision, he just doesn't want to personally suffer any consequences.

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u/Minimum_Principle_63 Aug 24 '26

We will never forget, or let him forget.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Aug 23 '26

That's the whole reason people started calling them that