ICE agents storm Disney cruise docked in California and arrest staff (www.independent.co.uk)

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Crew members were still wearing their Disney uniforms when they were escorted away from the boat with their hands zip-tied behind their backs, reports say

Some travelers on Disney’s Magic cruise ship were left disturbed earlier this month after ICE agents stormed onto the vessel and detained several crew members.

Immigrant rights groups said at least 10 crew members were detained at the Port of San Diego on April 23 after the Disney-run cruise ship returned following a five-day trip.

Dharmi Mehta and her family had enjoyed their trip, but were upset when they saw the head waiter, whom they had become close with, being led away from the docked boat with his hands zip-tied behind his back.

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[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 weeks ago

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. They’re allowed to take only a knapsack and a little cash with them, and even then, they’re robbed of these possessions on the way. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return from shopping to find their houses sealed, their families gone.” — Anne Frank

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh.........I have bad news for future Anne Frank. Also bad news for present day America.

It's the same news.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wait, these crew members were on a ship, not on US soil. US Customs and Immigration is on land which you have to pass through to get to the USA. ICE actually dragged them onto US soil just so they could say they were there illegally? WTF?!

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Technically you need permission to dock. It means that the entire crew manifest was known to the government prior to arrival and they were given permission to dock. Then they were arrested. If there was a problem with them being in the US they should never have been given permission.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently DCL registers its ships in the Bahamas. I don't know if ICE/CBP have jurisdiction on foreign ships without a bunch of warrants.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago

I know Disney's lawyers are well funded and ruthless, but does anyone think they'll go into bat for these people? They only seem to care about copyright infringement, not their actual workers.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

This hurts the Disney image and the margins on their cruises, so they might.

[-] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago

ICE vs MICE

[-] Hazor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

A high profile lawsuit might be seen as something which could also hurt their image. The entire population of The Villages would probably boycot Disney World. Hopefully Disney's execs pay attention to public opinion and not just their golf buddies.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If ICE shows they'll storm a foreign flagged cruise ship to abduct crew members, why would any passenger think they wouldn't also try to grab them, too?

Wearing an embroidered polo doesn't change your rights.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago

not their actual workers.

Are they even their "actual workers" or are they contractors?

(Read the tone as snark towards Disney for over using contractors and refusing to hire people, not at who I am replying to.)

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

It depends if the optics become so severe it’s impossible for them to ignore.

[-] discocactus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

There are ways to make that happen.

[-] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

They seem to think they have jurisdiction in AMERICAN CITIZENS’ HOUSES without a judicial warrant; surely foreign ships are considered gimmes.

[-] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

CBP comes onboard to process all the guests and crew before a ship gets to the US. I'm thinking these crew members couldn't get their I-95's and got deported (instead of not getting shore leave in the US) so that Trump can flood the zone with more "winning".

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I’m confused, cruise ships usually have all their work permits and stuff handled ahead of time for the crew. How can you be an illegal immigrant if you’re just working on a boat for a day and not staying here?

[-] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Because ICE don't give a fuck about facts. They have been arresting, incarcerating and murdering legal American citizens too. They have Trump and Vance's backing.

[-] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Like Wilson Fisk and the police except way more Beavis and Butthead without the good parts.

[-] irish_link@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t think I have heard or read a more accurate analogy.

[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

ABC is owned by Disney. Jimmy Kimmel works for ABC. Trump is getting revenge

[-] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes revenge and maybe also mob tactics to strong arm compliance to fire Kimmel.

[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

As far as I know almost no cruise ships are actually American flagged vessels and therefore are perfectly able to directly employ foreign nationals without citizenship or US work authorization. They aren't even under the jurisdiction of ICE.

Disney ships are all Bahamanian flagged ships and have absolutely no obligation to employ American citizens.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

ICE had been abducting legal residents from the beginning. They camp out in front of immigration court houses... The last place you'd find an undocumented person.

[-] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I used to work on cruise ships and all non-US crew are given an I-95 permit to go ashore in the US by CBP when they go through immigration before the 1st US port (officials usually come onboard before the ship gets to the US). I wonder if these crew members couldn't get one (for whatever reason)? Usually, if that happens, CBP just make them stay onboard in US ports, but the US is doing things a bit differently these days.

https://www.cbp.gov/document/forms/cbp-form-i-95-sample

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Your mistake here was thinking they give a fuck about the law or proper procedure at all

[-] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 3 points 2 weeks ago

Probably because ICE doesn't arrest illigal immigrants. They adbuct political dissidents.

[-] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

They also abduct people who are the wrong color, are in the wrong place at the wrong time, and anyone else they feel like, it's not like they need to explain themselves at any point in the process.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Because they want numbers not rights. The new leader of the agency said they would deport more people than any other period. (Trump hasn't even reached half of Obama peak deportation numbers.) when you try to deport every immigrant it slows the deportation of the violent ones.

[-] SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Brown people? Not on my watch -ICE

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

They actually love brown people. They want their cheap labor and this stuff keeps people afraid and makes them keep their head down. It has the added benefit that they get to parade it around to their electorate like 'something is being done'

It's theater to keep poor white people in fly over states from realizing that the people in power are the ones selling them out and have been the entire time.

[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

You know some asshole in a meeting was like you know let’s go raid a cruise ship

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

Cruise ships attract old white people - one of them must have called ICE to complain.

[-] fira@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder how the Mickey takes his whiskey? Neat?

When corporations start bleeding profits bc of the terrible tangerine pedo, maybe they’ll start caring

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

...and the World Cup is around the corner. Stay home and watch it on TV or in your local pub, unless you have tickets for the matches in Mexico and Canada.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

The mouse Sieg Heil's. Won't you?

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

So if Disney was breaking the law, which Disney officials are going to jail?

[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

You think these people were actually illegal immigrants? Ice doesn’t care as long as they are brown

[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

They aren't immigrants at all if they are the crew of a Bahamanian flagged vessel, as all Disney cruise ships are. They aren't under the jurisdiction of ICE at all for the simple fact that they aren't employed in America in the first place.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Or in the cases of Renee Goode and Alex Pretti, they'll kill white people too. It's all about who they consider opposition.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

ICE boarded a vessel that's only purpose is to jump between international tourist ports, and abducted people who aren't American.

Who hadn't even left the boat.

What law was broken by anyone but ICE?

[-] Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The mouse won’t be happy about this…

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 weeks ago

Walt Disney was a filthy fascist.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'm willing to bet the Mouse barely gives a shit about a bunch of cruise ship employees.

[-] Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

They don’t, but they give a shit about their image that is being tarnished.

[-] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They do care about that so they'll probably just let this slip off the news cycle (these are gone from mainstream media in less than a day) and do more backdoor tributes.

[-] kcuf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

[-] BigBrownDog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

G'hyuck! You're getting deported!

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