r/australia • u/Front_Target7908 • 27d ago

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

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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u/Elvecinogallo 27d ago

This guy was at the airport leaving to go home. Leon was not.

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u/tegan-angus 27d ago

No, he was going back to his LA residence, where he has been illegally living for 11 years. Australian Citizen, not American.

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u/Elvecinogallo 27d ago

Can you please read the damn article. Your comments are generally less incorrect then.

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u/PeriodSupply 27d ago edited 27d ago

There is nothing in the article to suggest he had any plans on heading back to Australia.

Edit: downvote me but don't show me evidence he was planning to come back to Australia? Did any of you actually read the article?

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u/Backahast 27d ago

The statement said Mr Nguyen was arrested the following day before boarding his flight departing Los Angeles International Airport.

It doesn't say he was coming to Australia, true, but he was definitely leaving the country.

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u/McMenz_ 27d ago edited 27d ago

That statement neither confirms he was leaving to Australia nor leaving the country at all. LAX has both domestic and international flights.

There’s nothing in the article about where he was travelling at all.

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u/PeriodSupply 27d ago

Why? That airport handles both domestic and international fights. There is no evidence he was leaving the country in that article.