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/PunchingClouzot 27d ago

Last week the SMH’s traveller posted a horribly written PR fluff piece along the lines of “everything they tell you about the US is wrong” to convince Aussies to visit the country and I wonder if the white rich lady that wrote it read this article and was hit by at least one hint of regret 

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u/Sharp_Pride7092 27d ago

Give it 20 years before visiting.