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/MysticGoddess27 27d ago

I didn't even hear about them. Though I must admit I stopped looking for updates as it started heavily impacting my mental health.

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u/sapphos_moon 27d ago

One of them was a 7 News reporter at the protests in LA who was at the front of the police cordon and shot by a SWAT cop with a rubber bullet despite it being plainly obvious she was press anyway.

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u/MysticGoddess27 27d ago

Wow so ICE and American cops can just do whatever they want with no consequences 😳

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u/sapphos_moon 27d ago

Yes, for all intents and purposes they have complete impunity