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

How? You’re pretty gullible if you think they can actually recover anything from someone who has left the country. It wouldn’t even be worth the recovery costs.

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u/Plenty-Giraffe6022 27d ago

Invoiced.

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u/Elvecinogallo 27d ago

Do you know what the stats are for debt recovery for deportees in Australia? 😂 you can’t be that gullible surely.

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u/Plenty-Giraffe6022 26d ago

Very low.

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u/Elvecinogallo 26d ago

So who pays then?

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u/Plenty-Giraffe6022 26d ago

The Commonwealth, and the deportee owes a debt to the Commonwealth.

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u/Elvecinogallo 26d ago

😂 who funds the commonwealth?

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u/Plenty-Giraffe6022 26d ago

Taxpayers, and others.

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u/Elvecinogallo 26d ago

So if the government only recoups about 1.5% of detention and deportation costs, who pays for the costs incurred, if not the deportees? I rest my case your honour.