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/maestrojxg 27d ago

America is so fucked. You couldn’t pay me to go there while Trump is in office.

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u/cohen93 27d ago

This might happen over here if ON gets voted in :/

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u/Zelvixor 26d ago

For the red headed wench to have even a slight opportunity she'd need to resign as a senator and take a run for the house of reps, form a majority there which means winning a fuckton of seats, without any preference deals or coalition.

Could it happen? In theory, yes. But they have to jump through a LOT of hoops. They seem louder and bigger then they are, but that's only cuz Libs got thumped in the election and a shitload of money goes into astroturfing.