This is a court-ordered agreement that restricts the DHS’s ability to detain individuals who entered the country without proper authorization without first providing a bond hearing.
Fleming noted that his organization has an additional 280 cases that their legal team plans to bring before a judge in the near future. “What is deeply troubling here is the lawlessness, the violence, the cruelty, the carelessness with which they are doing this operation,” he said.
In another shocking incident, federal immigration agents barged into a Minnesota home without a warrant, guns drawn, and detained a terrified U.S. citizen in nothing but his underwear, family said.
It began with a knock, but then erupted into chaos. According to shocking firsthand accounts and videos, ChongLy “Scott” Thao was jolted awake by his daughter-in-law, warning that ICE was pounding at the door. This was the start of a terrifying ordeal for him and his family.
Nap Turns to Nightmare as Armed Agents Storm Family Home
A Sunday afternoon nap ended abruptly when Thao’s daughter-in-law woke him to say ICE agents were at the door. He told her not to open it, but agents forced their way into the St. Paul home. Thao recalled that they pointed guns at the family and shouted orders.
“I was shaking. They didn’t show any warrant; they just broke down the door,” he noted. Thao was escorted outside wearing only sandals and shorts, a blanket draped over his shoulders as he stepped into the freezing air. His four-year-old grandson watched and cried.
Videos captured the scene as neighbors blew whistles and horns and shouted at the more than a dozen armed agents to leave the family alone.
“They just handcuff me right there,” he shared. “They just take me out there with no clothes on, unless only the blanket — only my grandson’s blanket. Cover me, take me out there to the car. They didn’t say anything that was wrong [sic].”
ICE Refuses to Check ID as Fear Builds
Thao, who has held U.S. citizenship for decades, said he tried to have his daughter-in-law bring him his identification while agents were holding him, but they refused to look at it.
He added that the agents drove him “to the middle of nowhere” and ordered him out of the car in the frigid cold so they could take photos. Thao said he feared they would beat him. Agents later asked for his ID, even though they had earlier stopped him from showing it to them.
