ICE agents ate meal at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant – then arrested the staff who worked there

[u/Cute-Beyond-8133]

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-arrest-minnesota-mexican-restaurant-b2902000.html

[u/Karljohnellis]

Literally sounds like the type of thing the bad opressive forces would do in a film to show how cruel and horrible they are

[u/shapu → u/Karljohnellis]

They are, in fact, doing it precisely to show how cruel and horrible they are. This is how those sad little fucks get their jollies.

[u/LabNo8394 → u/shapu]

Theyre unironically just the Lannister soldiers from Game of Thrones that the hound and Arya kill.

"These are the king's colors. No one's standing in his way now. Which means nobody's standing in ours."

[u/Exciting_Cap_9545 → u/LabNo8394]

"You really going to die over some fucking enchiladas?"

"Someone is."

[u/donkeylipswhenshaven → u/Exciting_Cap_9545]

I’m gonna have to eat every fucking combo #4 in this room

[u/TheCurryIsMild → u/Exciting_Cap_9545]

“Y’know, you’re a bit of a yapper. Yappers make me thirsty.”

glugs down 64 oz mega gulp

“And hungry. Think I’ll take two enchiladas.”

[u/10248 → u/LabNo8394]

Does that mean trump is the little shit that becomes king? I forgot what happened to him.

[u/slowest_hour → u/10248]

he has a really cool birthday party that everyone remembers fondly

[u/wafflesandlicorice → u/slowest_hour]

Rats, then it can't be Trump. No one went to HIS bday party.

[u/Wes_Warhammer666 → u/slowest_hour]

It was a wedding. Though, I'd be content with it being a birthday in this version.

[u/hulkingbehemoth → u/10248]

That was Prince Geoffrey Epstein Lannister, he became King, and his kingdom threw him a big birthday party with an absolutely killer cake.

[u/SlateFrost → u/hulkingbehemoth]

Wait a minute, it was wine!

[u/Antoeknee96 → u/LabNo8394]

Fuck the king

[u/SpareZealousideal740 → u/LabNo8394]

Yup, Gregor rapes the inn keeps daughter I believe cos he complained how his men were acting

[u/MrBigTomato → u/LabNo8394]

Bingo. That’s exactly the vibe.

[u/maskaddict → u/LabNo8394]

Somewhere in America there's a brown-skinned kid drawing up a list of names.

[u/maybenot-maybeso → u/shapu]

Yep. It's like they told the white pastor who was complying 'You wouldn't be fun anyway."

They want the crying. They want brown people with accents begging and screaming and struggling. That's their porn. It's what makes their tiny little ICE peepees stand at attention.

[u/SandIntelligent247 → u/shapu]

There are always scenes like that in Nazi movies. The commander goes into the house, takes a coffee with the family then arrest them. Or uses a service in a jew shop then arrest them.

[u/Happythoughtsgalore → u/shapu]

Exactly, they are sadists.

[u/occams1razor → u/Happythoughtsgalore]

Psychopaths can't feel true joy so sadism is all they've got

[u/doublestitch → u/shapu]

There's a hypothesis from The Bulwark that ICE is trying to provoke a violent reaction, so that POTUS could use it as a pretext to interfere with the November elections.

[u/Sata1991 → u/shapu]

I assume a lot of them were the 4Chan trolls in the 2000s and 2010s.

[u/Sattiebear → u/Karljohnellis]

I picked a bad week to start rewatching Man in the High Castle.

[u/lastweek_monday → u/Sattiebear]

Its sad the show falls off. Love the concept though

[u/WanderersGuide → u/lastweek_monday]

I think it's got like...three good seasons? I agree they don't stick the landing but it's still watchable the whole way through.

[u/Honest-Caregiver8938 → u/lastweek_monday]

the concept is now available for free everywhere, no streaming subscription required

[u/stevencastle → u/Sattiebear]

It's definitely one of those cases where the book is much better than the show, but the show is pretty good.

[u/throwawayboingboing → u/Karljohnellis]

Picturing the Officer from Inglorious Bastards enjoying a succulent meal then snapping his fingers and saying arrest the staff.

[u/succed32 → u/throwawayboingboing]

Or Johnny depp in once upon a time in Mexico, killing cooks if the food was too good…

[u/FakeSafeWord → u/succed32]

killing cooks if the food was too good…

YEAH WE ONLY EAT HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS AROUND THESE PARTS THESE SUCCULENT ENCHALADAS ARE SOAKING UP ALL OF THE TAX DOLLARS THAT DADDY WANTS

[u/KHanson25 → u/succed32]

That was my exact thought 

[u/SargeUnited → u/succed32]

I definitely saw that movie but don’t remember the screen, I hope it’s on Netflix

[u/Mindless-Shame-6123 → u/SargeUnited]

It's when he's talking to Antonio in the restaurant when they first meet. Talks about bringing balance.

[u/Heiferoni → u/throwawayboingboing]

What is the charge? Enjoying a meal? A succulent Mexican meal???

[u/CertainWish358 → u/Heiferoni]

This is the bloke that got me on the penis!

[u/Heiferoni → u/CertainWish358]

I see you know your Nacho well.

[u/No-Occasion683 → u/Karljohnellis]

This is literally the milk scene from inglorious basterds.

[u/kgm2s-2 → u/No-Occasion683]

This is literally that Johnny Depp scene in "Once Upon a Time in Mexico"

[u/MidCathedral → u/No-Occasion683]

“May I try one of your delicious burritos?”

[u/Roskal → u/Karljohnellis]

Boy the writers sure are laying it on thick how evil the bad guys are in this movie. Its not very realistic, no one is actually this evil.

[u/Pesec1 → u/Roskal]

The show was already going downhill since the 2020 season. 2025 season really jumped the shark.

[u/CombatMuffin → u/Karljohnellis]

I tried to imagine it and it's just sad how true that is...

A balding, fat, white man in loosely worn tactical gear is sitting across the table from another white man, Mr. Smith, a restaurant owner.

"To understand the Mexican, Mr. Smith, you must understand their culture, and to understand their culture. Do you know what is at the forefront of Mexican culture, Mr. Smith?" says the fat, white man chewing with his mouth open.

Mr Smith shakes his head in silence.

"It's their food, Mr. Smith. Gastronomy is part of their familia, their family. It's part of their friendships, their holidays, even their funerals. You cannot even mourn in Mexico with an empty stomach."

The fat man wipes his mouth with a olive green bandana he wears around his neck. Despite the tone of color, there are clear signs of a dark sauce everywhere on it. He is eating mole poblano.

"Not everyone can make a proper mole poblano, Mr. Smith. It's the cacahuate, you see, the peanuts. Everybody adds the chocolate in the right amounts, but to the uninitiated and uninformed, it's always the lack of nuts that gives it away. You need a lot of nuts to make good mole poblano. This has a lot of nuts."

Mr. Smith shifts on his seat. "I am glad it is to your liking, sir."

"It is. Well Mr. Smith, thank you for the meal, it was fantastic. I now need to get to work and that means I need to get to the point. You seem to have a fine establishment, Mr. Smith, but I can tell from the fact that your hands are clean and your shoes are tidy that you manage from afar. You may be an American business owner, but you don't have the nuts to make a mole poblano this good., Not by yourself. That tells me you are not an All-American business owner. Now, as to not cause a panic, just nod your head as I ask the following questions... Are you currently hiring Mexicans in your restaurant?"

Mr. Smith nods reluctantly. The tacticool white man continues without hesitation.

"Are you unsure of their immigration status but you just wanted to cut cost and possibly avoid tax retention here and there?"

Mr. Smith nods again, a single tear rolling down his face.

"Are they currently located in your kitchen, hiding behind a pantry in the cooling section?"

Mr. Smith nods once more, trying his best to contain a sob. The balding man grasps the radio on his shoulder and speaks into it. "I am done with the food, time to whip the salsa. I repeat, whip the salsa."

Ten vehicle surround the restaurant. Dozens of out of shape ICE agents pour out, a third of them slip on the ice. At least three of them have to stop to gasp for air. They kick down the doors, the sound of gunshots rumble throughout the restaurant. A single Mexican girl manages to push through the agents and run into a crowd of protesters as the balding man chases behind her. He can't keep up, she's too fast and he had way too much mole. He aims his pistol to take a shot, but he knows he has to pay for his own bullets and he can't hit anything anyways. He lowers his gun with a smile.

"Hasta luego, Guadalupe!"

[u/mkenya4t → u/CombatMuffin]

i'd watch this.

[u/Udy_Kumra → u/Karljohnellis]

It actually reminds me of the opening to Inglourious Basterds.

[u/Dangerousrhymes → u/Karljohnellis]

It’s like Agent Sands in Once Upon a Time in Mexico killing the chef because he couldn’t stand the thought of anyone other than him eating the Puerco Pibil.

[u/Honest-Safe3665 → u/Karljohnellis]

that’s the goal! they're signaling it really well and we’re all noticing it, except that pesky little 30 some percent, eh? like no decent person does this.

[u/C250586 → u/Karljohnellis]

I really enjoyed inglorious bastards

[u/MorDialHectega → u/Karljohnellis]

Grotesque ghouls, all of them

[u/Seigmoraig → u/Karljohnellis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFJmaTOW1ic

[u/ChefAsstastic]

It takes a special kind of sadistic asshole to pull a stunt like this.

[u/suvlub → u/ChefAsstastic]

And moron, don't forget moron. "Ah, yes, the country is sooo much better without these people whose food I just enjoyed. I'm making my country soo great by deporting them. Hm, hm, it was yummy, I think I will come here again to eat the yummy food that magicks itself into existence here without help of these useless people I'm deporting"

[u/BunnyPhuPhu → u/suvlub]

I'm in California and grew up here. My mother has always been an activist, and supported the United Farm Workers here in the state.

When ICE was inflicting shit in LA a few months back, they also slowly started heading north in the fertile valley where the Hispanic population were harvesting our food.

They chased strawberry pickers and workers who make it possible for you to enjoy your wonderful salads. Workers are now afraid to work the fields.

At this rate, we will see lettuce and daily fruits we enjoy costing outrageous amounts of money.

Can you afford a $40 or $50 salad? $20 or $30 bucks for some strawberries?

WTF is going to happen then? Why are we waiting until this becomes a reality before we fight back?

What the dumbfucks don't realize, is that these Hispanic workers come up here. Work, then go home. In the meantime, they pay taxes, helping the communities.

They are important and integral to our society. WE NEED THEM. We should be happy they're willing to do this work.

These fuckers NEVER see the big picture in anything they initiate. Until it's too late.

[u/FeeNegative9488 → u/BunnyPhuPhu]

The country will be in a middle of a depression if salads start costing $50. And that’s really what is gonna trigger the end of all this. Either they will start a major war or cause major economic harm. That’s what will end it. It needs to be something their supporters can’t ignore. Whether that is their children going off to war or them losing their houses.

[u/cougrrr → u/FeeNegative9488]

People seem to have either forgotten or ignore that the kick off to all this was the mass gutting of public safety nets and support infrastructure. A lot of people have never had to rely on, or recently haven’t had to, things like food programs from the government. Those have now massively changed or are gone entirely, so the depression that leads to this change I see as unlikely.

If the choice is “oh you lost your white collar job? Get to the fields or starve” a lot of people don’t have the internal stockpile to wait out widespread action.

It’s death by thousands of paper cuts but a lot of them are way under the surface and many haven’t been directly impacted yet, thinking there is some net to fall down to still and it’s just a very deep hole at this point.

[u/ChefAsstastic → u/suvlub]

Fucking insanity.

[u/EuenovAyabayya → u/suvlub]

I have to acknowledge a real possibility: that a different ICE team might come back next week and do the same thing to the replacement employees. Because somehow the people that exploit them are always left unchecked.

[u/Icy-Cry340 → u/EuenovAyabayya]

Employers these days generally don't hire under the table. They fill out all the paperwork, pay payroll taxes, etc. They don't even have the tools to figure out if someone isn't here legally.

[u/restrictednumber → u/suvlub]

It's all about hierarchy. They're compelled to terrorize and punish people below them, to maintain their spot in the hierarchy above (blacks, women, LGBTQ folks, etc). They're perfectly happy to lose immigrant services they like if it means remaining immigrants "know their place."

[u/Z34L0 → u/ChefAsstastic]

A Nazi?

[u/ChefAsstastic → u/Z34L0]

Add that too

[u/scruffles360 → u/Z34L0]

Just had a weird thought - In 20 years people are going to complain that it’s hyperbolic to compare anyone to Trump. Godwins law will have to be updated

[u/Skratt79 → u/scruffles360]

Godwin himself said that comparing Trump to Hitler was indeed a correct comparison.

We used to believe Hitler and his fools were one of a kind, but it seems we underestimated the stupidity of hate.

[u/Cloaked42m → u/scruffles360]

Which is why I don't want to call the Nazis.

MAGA deserves to ruin the red hat industry all by itself.

[u/Swift_Malachi → u/Z34L0]

This is actual Nazi behavior, yes

[u/SchoGegessenJoJo → u/Z34L0]

Wish I could be their bearjew...

[u/Xciv → u/ChefAsstastic]

Opening scene of Inglourious Basterds.

[u/agentchuck → u/ChefAsstastic]

Kind of a moron, too. It's a pretty universally understood principle: don't make trouble with people who are preparing your food...

[u/nome707 → u/ChefAsstastic]

You guys have seen nothing. They are just pushing boundaries right now. The more they get away with, the worse it will get.

[u/Tidalsky114]

Sure would be a shame if restaurants decided not to serve these guys. Let them go hungry or have to waste their own time making meals.

[u/PedroTheNoun → u/Tidalsky114]

Chicago has done a pretty decent job of this. At least a lot of the restaurants I go to have 'No ICE' signs on the front. I can't say how much they enforce it, but the signs are very visible.

[u/aggthemighty → u/PedroTheNoun]

The thing with ICE is that they don't identify themselves.

[u/PedroTheNoun → u/aggthemighty]

I think that's fair. When they're on duty, it's pretty obvious, but off duty I don't see them having much of an effect. The hope, at least from me, is that they can see they they are not welcome or wanted in the establishment. I'm a big proponent of people experiencing social consequences for bigoted behavior.

[u/maplemagiciangirl → u/PedroTheNoun]

That's where it falls on the public to identify ice and get them booted out even off duty

[u/visuallypollutive → u/PedroTheNoun]

I’m seeing “No Ice” signs everywhere in uptown Minneapolis so mn gang let’s make sure to spend money at these restaurants and shops! Especially in uptown, businesses have been opening and then quickly closing right and left over the past couple years so I’d bet they can use our help

[u/IGotRangod → u/PedroTheNoun]

Anyone covering their face and carrying a gun should be refused.

[u/beuvons → u/PedroTheNoun]

No ICE? Noice!

[u/jayclaw97 → u/Tidalsky114]

The poor folks who worked there were probably terrified they’d be arrested if they didn’t serve those creeps.

[u/ThreeDaysNish → u/jayclaw97]

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[u/Glizzy_Cannon → u/ThreeDaysNish]

Might as well mess with their food at that point

[u/Tyrinnus → u/jayclaw97]

And they appease the fascists. And it didn't work. Moral of the story, don't negotiate with terrorists

[u/FartVirtuoso → u/Tyrinnus]

I don’t think I would call it appeasement from the targets of these thugs. I’d call it an attempt at self preservation. It’s like blaming the kid with the broken arm at recess for letting the bully take his lunch money.

[u/_SovietMudkip_ → u/FartVirtuoso]

Yeah, it's appeasement when government actors try to extend an olive branch, it's survival when the targets try to avoid unnecessary confrontation, especially unplanned while at work.

[u/Sedren → u/_SovietMudkip_]

Not to mention, what's the other option? Refusing to serve customers? It's not like they are going out of their way to placate them. Regardless of who those customers are, it'll just draw more attention to them.

[u/Surfreak29 → u/Sedren]

The other option is to leave. Sorry im not feeling well gotta go right now, medical emergency.

[u/colemon1991 → u/FartVirtuoso]

They didn't do anything for hours. The agents literally waited for the staff to close up for the night, hours later. I'd think nothing of it if they gave me no indication they were hostile or suspicious. I'd definitely be confused that I finished my shift and they arrested me.

If they came in and left with no fuss, is that still appeasement? Because, as a staffer, I'd still do my job if they didn't do anything while there the first time.

[u/signapple → u/Tyrinnus]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement

[u/persona-non-corpus → u/signapple]

On a positive note, I hope they ingested a lot of bodily fluids.

[u/Cambot1138 → u/persona-non-corpus]

The Yelper Special

[u/vercertorix → u/Tyrinnus]

Vaguely reminds me of that opening scene in Inglorious Bastards where Christoph Waltz’s character was smugly toying with them knowing full well what he was going to do. If that’s what they were doing, it means they’re actually doing scripted villain shit in real life.

[u/SuitAndTiePorn → u/vercertorix]

The problem is that being a villain is quite intoxicating for a short period of time, which is what these agents have. It plays into every story ever made where good is pitted against evil. Everybody at one time or another has rooted for the evil for a number of reasons like how good is spoiled or good is sanctimonious.

[u/PigabungaDude → u/SuitAndTiePorn]

I have never done that. Favoring crypto fascists over "cringe" leftists warning everyone about them is EXACTLY how we got here.

[u/leggpurnell → u/Tyrinnus]

You’re taught to fight when someone is kidnapping you. Because nothing better comes of you agree to go with them. You will likely end up dead so fight on the spot.

This is the mentality people need to have.

[u/Ultimatesims → u/Tyrinnus]

Easy to say when your place of work isn’t filled with armed gestapo targeting you directly.

[u/WingerRules → u/Ultimatesims]

I suggest watching this video of armed ICE agents harassing/menacing and blocking a sandwich shop in Memphis that doesnt serve them.

This is what happens if you dont serve them.

This is the kind of shit that happened in 1930s Germany.

[u/Shaky_Balance → u/WingerRules]

And I can link you to videos from last week of ICE killing people because they received light pushback. ICE is staffed by erratic nutjobs, I would love if they consistently folded to any resistance but that just isn't how this works. We should push back on them whenever and however we can, but it is absolute horseshit to equate kitchen staff to Neville Chamberlain and blame them for their own detainment. You can lay down your life for this all you want, you are wrong to get huffy other people tried to live to fight another day.

[u/Zathura2 → u/Ultimatesims]

At this point the manager should've just had everybody leave out the back and abandon the restaurant. Let ice sit in the lobby until they realize nobody is coming to serve them.

[u/Ok-Paint7856 → u/Zathura2]

Exactly. I hope that happens from now on.

[u/Ditnoka → u/Ultimatesims]

The outcome is the same. At least make them leave hungry.

[u/ramses_sands → u/Tyrinnus]

This would've resulted in the exact same result, just a bit faster.

[u/archercc81 → u/jayclaw97]

Id bet money that was the point. Sit there eating a meal while telling these people youre gonna ruin their lives.

[u/Schism_989 → u/jayclaw97]

And it's the same logic these days that flights ended up taking with hijackers.

After 9/11, the protocol for pilots is to NEVER surrender control of the aircraft, no matter WHAT happens in the back - because there's no guarantee they're going to keep you alive at the end anyway.

Never serve ICE, because there's no guarantee they won't try to disappear you even if you comply.

[u/FrostBricks → u/jayclaw97]

And learnt a lesson about why you don't comply in advance...

[u/Crowseye021 → u/Tidalsky114]

There was some trouble about some sandwich shop not serving them.

[u/Ok-Treacle2058 → u/Tidalsky114]

The thing is, at least at my local Hispanic grocery store, that these businesses are less busy overall because of ICE presence and the have to choose between some business or none at all. For small local owned stores this is hard. There is no right choice.

[u/FiveDozenWhales → u/Tidalsky114]

That's how you start getting death threats and bomb threats from the domestic terror organization known as MAGA.

[u/Tidalsky114 → u/FiveDozenWhales]

Bunch of larping losers.

[u/Meowmixx22 → u/FiveDozenWhales]

So let's just reward bad behavior? These nerds can kick rocks.

[u/Jonsnoosnooze → u/Meowmixx22]

It's not fair to group nerds with maga. Nerds can be endearing. Can't say the same about maga.

[u/Meowmixx22 → u/Jonsnoosnooze]

Honestly, you're right. I call everyone a nerd. I change my answer to "terds". 

[u/USSRPropaganda → u/Meowmixx22]

Turds have more dignity

[u/Meowmixx22 → u/USSRPropaganda]

Ugh. You are ALSO right. Asshat. Final answer?

[u/zizou00 → u/Meowmixx22]

It's not rewarding bad behaviour. It's being forced to act under duress. ICE are an armed gang with no oversight. Those nerds have killed and will kill again. It's a lot easier to say no when you aren't in arms reach of violence.

[u/TryingToWriteIt → u/FiveDozenWhales]

Start? We’ve been getting that for years.

[u/Helphaer → u/Tidalsky114]

feel theyd still arrest them illegally.

[u/sharkism → u/Tidalsky114]

Well, not that it is easy to poison spicy food or something. Hope they shat in the food.

[u/wanderlust4077 → u/Tidalsky114]

I have a feeling they weren't welcomed. We've got ICE wearing plain clothes in MN to lure people out. Wouldn't be surprised if theyre going out to eat in plain clothes to get served.

[u/BI_UE → u/Tidalsky114]

Why not serve them with a smile and add a little something extra to their dish in the kitchen?

[u/wemblinger → u/BI_UE]

Fecal flan

[u/Gaspuch62 → u/BI_UE]

I'm sure the stuff they use to clean the flat top would... is that too much?

[u/Daneyn → u/Tidalsky114]

I have other ideas, but that would be a whole other set of problems as well... It would be a shame if the food were not prepared correctly, and they had a case of food poisoning...

[u/reddicyoulous]

FYI the Supreme Court ruled it was ok to refuse service to those you dont align with

[u/SwissChzMcGeez → u/reddicyoulous]

What if I'm asked to hypothetically decorate a hypothetical cake for people that don't exist but I imagine they could?

[u/OldWorldDesign → u/SwissChzMcGeez]

What if I'm asked to hypothetically decorate a hypothetical cake for people that don't exist but I imagine they could?

I think the example you're looking for is to build a website for people who don't exist and never made an order. At least the cake shop and customer (and his order) actually existed

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/21-476

[u/Slow_Character5534 → u/reddicyoulous]

Don't worry, this Supreme Court has no memory and is allergic to logic and allegory. You can refuse service to gays, but I'm sure if the question came to them they would make up a reason why you have to serve ICE.

[u/Cute-Beyond-8133]

Around 3 p.m. local time, four ICE officers ate at a booth at El Tapatio, a family-owned restaurant in Willmar, Minnesota, located approximately 85 miles west of Minneapolis, witnesses told the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Hours later, around 8:30 p.m., bystanders said they saw ICE officers arrest three staff members from the restaurant near Willmar Middle School and a Lutheran church. Witnesses claimed the officers followed the restaurant staff after they closed up for the evening.

And yet they keep ranting about being refused service everywhere from Hotels.

To restaurants etc.

Oh and as always

It is unclear who the individuals arrested are or what the reason was for their arrests

ICE might genuinely lose them in the system (that isn't even a joke they've arrested so manny pepole that they've straight up lost dozens of them and can't find them ).

If you've got a restaurant bar etc.

First off all ; Cool more power to you.

Secondly consider getting a ; we refuse the right to serve anyone sign a Comback with a warrant sign.

And some CCTV systems. It's not much but it's a start.

And be mindfull of your staff.

Seriously as you saw in this article they might genuinely be Snatched off the street and followed.

[u/stupid_pun → u/Cute-Beyond-8133]

>they've straight up lost dozens of them

Thousands actually. And that's without counting all the lost children from 2016-2020.

[u/RareRestaurant6297 → u/stupid_pun]

I mean we can all guess what the children were used for based on their dear leader's use for em

[u/Relevant-Doctor187 → u/RareRestaurant6297]

The children mostly didn’t go missing. Their parents did. It should be a national shame that even happened.

[u/gorginhanson → u/Cute-Beyond-8133]

The title made it sound like as soon as the check came they just arrested everyone

[u/SuitAndTiePorn → u/gorginhanson]

I wonder if they tipped

[u/hiddenone0326 → u/SuitAndTiePorn]

I doubt these are the type of people to tip their wait staff.

[u/Vex_Appeal]

It’s really a microcosm for how we treat immigrants. We exploit them for their cheaper labor and keep them as a permanent under class by causing them to live in constant fear of deportation.

Effectively, we have the system set up to where we can extract the labor, but also refuse to provide them any rights.

[u/JuDGe3690 → u/Vex_Appeal]

Been going on a long time, sadly:

Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards?
Is this the best way we can grow our good fruit?
To fall like dry leaves to rot on my topsoil
And be called by no name except "deportees"?

https://woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Plane_Wreck_At_Los_Gatos.htm

[u/jameson71 → u/Vex_Appeal]

And our system is so convoluted that we look down, without cognitive dissonance, on other countries that do the same thing but don't hide it as well .

[u/demaraje]

This reminds me of the protesters at the London anti-immigrant rally that stopped afterwards to eat curry and kebabs.

[u/Bortron86 → u/demaraje]

Makes me think of an old Not The Nine O'Clock News sketch about a Conservative Party conference speech:

"Lots of immigrants are Indians and Pakistanis, and... I like curry. But now that we've got the recipes, is there really any need for them to stay?"

[u/lonestar-rasbryjamco → u/Bortron86]

Ironically, what we think of as “curry” is itself a product of global migration, trade, and cultural exchange

[u/Bortron86 → u/lonestar-rasbryjamco]

Absolutely. After all, chicken tikka masala was invented in Britain. "Indian food" here is really Indian food heavily adapted for British tastes.

[u/SuperstitiousPigeon5]

New sign idea.

"Eat the Reich"

[u/dontgonearthefire → u/SuperstitiousPigeon5]

The german adjective "reich" translates 1:1 to rich (e: as in wealth). So if you write it all in lower case, it can have a double meaning.

[u/Udy_Kumra → u/SuperstitiousPigeon5]

That’s a ttRPG!

[u/cut_rate_revolution]

Literally the kind of shit you could read about the Gestapo doing.

[u/Cpt_Bartholomew → u/cut_rate_revolution]

The kind of shit you'd criticize a work of fiction for for being too unrealistic or too on the nose

[u/VL37 → u/Cpt_Bartholomew]

Literally the intro to Inglorious Basterds

[u/atda]

What is the charge, making a succulent meal?

Fuck ice

[u/TehAsianator → u/atda]

"Damn, these tacos sure taste authentic. Hmmmm, maybe a little too authentic..."

[u/Different-Phone-7654 → u/TehAsianator]

I laughed at this I'm a terrible person.

[u/TehAsianator → u/Different-Phone-7654]

It's fine. When everything's on fire, a little dark humor can help maintain sanity.

[u/things_U_choose_2_b → u/Different-Phone-7654]

"If you can laugh at something, you can get over it" - Patton Oswalt

[u/nashbrownies → u/atda]

Truly, Democracy Manifest.

DON'T TOUCH MY PENIS.

And you sir, are you waiting to receive my limp penis?

[u/DrMobius0 → u/nashbrownies]

You joke, but ICE's victims seem to be experiencing an awful lot of sexual assault.

[u/nashbrownies → u/DrMobius0]

I laugh when I can because reality makes me want to cry so much. Of course, who would imagine giving roving bands of paramilitary dropouts absolute immunity would lead to sexual assault?

[u/sweatyballsackz → u/nashbrownies]

I see you know your judo well!

[u/apples1nly]

In Hindi we call this "jis thaali mein khaya usi mein ched Kiya". The closest English version is "Bite the hand that feeds you". This is a new low.

[u/theflyingarmbar → u/apples1nly]

I looked up a litteral translation in english, I don't speak hindi so I don't know how accurate it is. It's an ammusing analgy I've not heard before.

"To make a hole in the plate you ate from."

Thanks for sharing it.

[u/apples1nly → u/theflyingarmbar]

Yup, what you said is the translation. Idk if it's an actual saying in eng tho that's why I wrote the closest eng version.

[u/RubberDuckyFarmer → u/apples1nly]

Interestingly enough it translates directly really well - which typically Idioms won't.

[u/Hicalibre]

That's some Eric Cartman level petty.

[u/bestestopinion]

I don’t understand why deportations are only slightly up or were even lower than in 2024

[u/Mountain-Loon3592 → u/bestestopinion]

Can’t track what you don’t report

[u/Technical-Row8333 → u/bestestopinion]

just because they are breaking the law, disrespecting individual rights to due process and being cruel, doesn't mean they are being efficient.

Obama deported 2 million. It's not deportations that I'm against. It's fascism. If even 1 single person has no right to due process, say John Snow from Peru has no right to due process. then, anyone can be arrested by being accused of being John Snow from Peru. what are you gonna do? prove in court that you are someone else? there is no court. there is no lawyer. you can carry your documents, id, passport, proving you are not John Snow from Peru... and then they can just ignore those documents. throw them on the ground or trash. what would stop them? the moment they accused you of being John Snow from Peru you lost your due process.

[u/Tsquare43 → u/Technical-Row8333]

If one person is denied Due Process, then we're all denied Due Process.

[u/continuousBaBa → u/bestestopinion]

Lots of profit in detention

[u/Nebranower → u/bestestopinion]

Typically deportations have mainly involved illegal immigrants being detained while crossing the border and then sent right back. However, it seems likely that the number of new illegal immigrants crossing the border has dropped dramatically, given the change in environment in America. So now ICE is going after those illegal immigrants who have been established in the US for a long time. This is simply harder to do, for a variety of reasons.

[u/MildGenevaSuggestion → u/bestestopinion]

Fox News.

Right wing media was going on and on about "open borders" under Biden so people came expecting an open border and sent away. Biden had record deportations.

Now Trump is in international news about how they will send you to a gulag in a different country than your home if they catch you and shoot people who protest. It is just leaving one authoritarian hell hole for another.

[u/Real_Al_Borland → u/bestestopinion]

Because the point is the cruelty…. For some reason.

[u/AVeryFineUsername]

That’s one way to skip out on the bill

[u/D3wdr0p → u/AVeryFineUsername]

Legitimately might've been the reason.

[u/Meowntain_Maple → u/D3wdr0p]

Considering they got into a car accident then disappeared the driver in Minnesota, that's not unreasonable.

[u/dreamyduskywing → u/Meowntain_Maple]

I’m afraid to leave the house because it’s snowing right now and I don’t want to be attacked if my car accidentally slides into an ICE vehicle.

[u/Tigerlily86_]

These establishments should not let them in. Protect your workers jfc

[u/steveycip]

This is the shit you would see in a movie about nazis. They are literally Nazis. But they’re not Nazis, they’re something else. The world nazi holds no weight anymore (which is sad and terrible and a different issue entirely).

[u/Brell4Evar]

As unpopular as these guys are, I'm surprised they'd eat at any ethnic restaurant. That's a recipe for getting a meal garnished with a booger.

[u/Alenicia → u/Brell4Evar]

For my ethnicity, it's not really a surprise because I keep being told the whole, "man, I wish you didn't look illegal" thing while also being told, "your food is incredible."

And it's just something I'm supposed to be okay with because if I said anything then I'm acting out of line and needed to just "chillax" or something. >_<

[u/reactor4]

Every restaurant and bar should refuse service.

[u/STFUisright → u/reactor4]

100%

Fuck these guys and I wish I believed in hell.

[u/The_Goondocks]

Cruel

[u/boogermike → u/The_Goondocks]

It's the point

[u/herpaderp_maplesyrup]

Remember the Splenda pack in breaking Bad?

[u/venom121212]

They're rounding up the people that serve them food.

They're rounding up the people that grow their food.

They're rounding up the people that clean their hotel rooms.

They're rounding up the people who built the hotels they stay in.

They're rounding up the people who build the cars they get put into.

Wake up America. This is not us.

[u/hampden34]

Sounds like something the Gestapo would do

[u/Toosder]

Vile, deplorable humans

[u/ResurgentClusterfuck]

Man that is cartoonishly evil

[u/Mockturtle22]

These agents would murder their own family if told to.

[u/irespondwithmyface]

A succinct metaphor for how America treats immigrants.

[u/No_Tone1704]

This is MFikng Inglorious Basterds level shit.

I literally gasped as I read that headline. 

This is a tinder fire. Something bad is going to happen to ICE agents. I don’t WANT that. I want ICE to be dissolved and for them to go away. They weren’t around before 9/11. They’re clearly not needed now. DNS was better as Border Control. 

[u/ManyAverage6578]

The worst of the worst are working ICE. 

[u/perubabe]

So much spit in those meals. Woof.

[u/burjja → u/perubabe]

I hope the workers have seen Fight Club. Spit should be the least of their worries.

[u/reverend_nacho]

Time to start giving these guys the “special” when they order. Enjoy your boogers and cum!

[u/Thialaz]

This is literally the kind of evil shot an evil cartoon character does.

So like what? They ate the food and in order to not pay, they decided to arrest the workers?

[u/Turbulent-Jaguar-909]

they just want to have their tres leches cake and eat it too

[u/Competitive-Wonder33]

If I worked at a restaurant and ICE came in, I would give Exlax milkshakes gratis

[u/Adjective_Noun1312 → u/Competitive-Wonder33]

Nahh they'll just come back pissed off. Gotta make sure they can't come back at all.

[u/Wolfman01a]

Should have called the cops and had the ICE agents tresspassed at the door.

[u/LazyCondition0]

Would expect nothing less from TACO.

[u/G0ttaB3KiddingM3]

I hope they feed these ICE agents nothing but soap off the ground in prison

[u/SeeMarkFly]

Ironic cruelty.

Cruelty was the goal they were working for here.