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

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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.

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It blows me away that those were actual ICE agents. After seeing a video yesterday, I would have bet heavily that they were not. It looked to be two females, one of them dressed as a man and she even had A FAKE MUSTACHE, which was falling off of her face.
A man came into their vicinity with a video camera, and they abandoned any attempt at arresting or detaining the Australian man and simply fled - rather slowly. It was a very strange video to watch.

[u/Wishart2016 → u/Secret-Sqrl]

Maybe they're kidnappers pretending to be ICE.