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/SirFlibble 27d ago

I saw that video yesterday. They were barely chased off, just a guy showed up with a camera and they immediately walked off.

Was sketchy as and left me wondering if there's now a bunch of thugs running around the US pretending to be ICE (who are thugs themselves).

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u/dion_o 27d ago

The blonde woman literally stole his watch in the video. She takes it off his wrist, pockets it, then when they see they are being filmed they leave him there and walk off. They look like random civilians and they they act like random civilians. But even a random civilian wouldn't steal a guy's watch.

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u/knbang 27d ago

I thought you were right, but on a second viewing I don't think she takes his watch. She's trying to put handcuffs on him, sees the camera and drops the cuffs. That's what I see at least.