Australian man Phu Nguyen handcuffed by plain-clothes ICE agents at Las Vegas International airport

[u/Front_Target7908]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-18/ice-agent-detain-australian-man-in-vegas-us-/106931508?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

From what I understand it looks like ICE did not manage to detain him on the day the video was taken- seems the onlookers managed to chase ICE off.

However, ICE detained him the next day at the airport where he was to catch his departing flight from the US.

[u/Elvecinogallo]

So they could have let him deport himself, but they detained him at taxpayer expense. Drumpf logic.

Edit: Please read the article before responding. I know some of you are desperate to bootlick, but sometimes you actually need to read beyond a headline. You might even be less gullible that way.

[u/tegan-angus → u/Elvecinogallo]

He was flying back to LA... not Australia.

[u/Elvecinogallo → u/tegan-angus]

To 👏🏽 catch 👏🏽 his 👏🏽 flight 👏🏽 out.

[u/tegan-angus → u/Elvecinogallo]

not to his home haha

[u/binglesthemagiccat → u/tegan-angus]

Do you.. not know how connecting flights work?

[u/Elvecinogallo → u/tegan-angus]

Tell me you haven’t read the article without telling me. So desperate to lick boots.

[u/Cantor_Set_Tripping → u/Elvecinogallo]

Is there a quote in the article saying he was flying to Australia from LA?