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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.

When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

In images shared by firefighters from the scene, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is parked nearby. Officers wearing "Police" vests are seen arresting a firefighter, while another appears to be restrained. According to one of the firefighters, they were denied the chance to say goodbye to the detained crew members. "I asked them if his (family) can say goodbye to him because they're family, and they're just ripping them away," the firefighter told the Times. "And this is what he said: 'You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I'm gonna make you leave.'"

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  5. kirkmurphy.bsky.social profile picture

    Kirk Murphy 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ❌👑 @kirkmurphy.bsky.social

    America loves her firefighters: all 1,018,100 of them. All of them fit enough to run ICE’s 20,000 slovenly agents down. Schools, churches, and now firefighters:

    "Only an idiot would fight a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would fight a war on twelve!"

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  7. blabalino.com profile picture

    Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com

    I hope everyone is aware of the Trump, Miller, Homan, Project 2025 plot behind these immigration raids. At the point where they've pulled some percentage of immigrants out of blue states, Trump will demand a new census. This will be corrupt & used to decrease Dem & increase GOP representatives.

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  9. tspofcourage2025.bsky.social profile picture

    TspofCourage2025 @tspofcourage2025.bsky.social

    When are we going to stand up for what’s right? When every hard working law abiding person has been beaten down or detained? We’re the heroes we’re waiting for. Support all those who stand up to this cruel corrupt $Bribecoin regime. Passionate peaceful protests matter. Ripples matter. ACT. No apathy

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  13. super-mutt.bsky.social profile picture

    Where's Nestor? ❌ @super-mutt.bsky.social

    This is what Republican stupidity looks like, Republican racism looks like, Republican cruelty looks like, and Republican fascism looks like. Tell everyone you know, including Republicans.

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  14. colorado80537.bsky.social profile picture

    JC 💙🦋🛸 @colorado80537.bsky.social

    I sincerely hope these fascists are enjoying themselves. Their time will end.

    IT WILL END and there will be REPERCUSSIONS. It's a shame no-one who loves them has the foresight to see how things will go for them later.

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  19. thebrucestarchaser.bsky.social profile picture

    Bruce Lane @thebrucestarchaser.bsky.social

    You probably want the people fighting these wild fires as citizens a hell of a lot more than the people arresting fire fighters at work during their anti-immigration crackdown.

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  26. herne.bsky.social profile picture

    Herne @herne.bsky.social

    So when there's all sorts of uncontrolled wildfires in the US, you'll know why there's nobody out there fighting them…

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  27. sherry2.bsky.social profile picture

    Sherry @sherry2.bsky.social

    Wow

    ICE broke up a dangerous Gang that was fighting!!!

    And took 2 of them away, not allowing the rest of the Gang family to say goodbye

    A Gang of firefighters fighting a wildfire 🔥

    SMDH

    This is ridiculously out of control

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  32. oheythere59.bsky.social profile picture

    OheyThere @oheythere59.bsky.social

    Who the Fuck will stop Trump and his Authoritarian takeover? Where are the checks & balances? The Living former Presidents need to start making group public statements! WTH!

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  35. davidp-p.bsky.social profile picture

    DavidP @davidp-p.bsky.social

    Their employers don't care if the planet burns - they are in the pockets of the oil industry. They don't care because they are essentially bounty hunters.

    Nothing they do is for the good of the country.

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  36. louisevans.bsky.social profile picture

    Louis @louisevans.bsky.social

    1. Abolish ICE
    2. Amnesty and citizenship for every resident and anyone deported since 2017
    3. Seize Tom Hohman’s property and turn it into refugee housing.

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  37. alexander-cs.bsky.social profile picture

    @alexander-cs.bsky.social

    'Border Patrol' has been encouraged to arrest/detain/harass as outrageously as possible, to incite people to violently react.

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  39. millamber.bsky.social profile picture

    @millamber.bsky.social

    These thugs only understand violence and cruelty in a system in which rules don't affect them anymore. The only appropriate response the. Should be obvious

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  47. tinpottop.bsky.social profile picture

    Sebastian Bean @tinpottop.bsky.social

    It's very easy for all of us to assign more power to firefighters than they actually have.

    That said, we declined to punish a random DC guy for throwing a sandwich at ICE.

    I think even more people would stand up to protect a firefighter.

    And firefighters are actual badasses.

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  52. vl2024.bsky.social profile picture

    @vl2024.bsky.social

    On the soon upcoming day of reckoning: Mass Tribunal Trials of ICE goons.

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  55. changegamer.bsky.social profile picture

    @changegamer.bsky.social

    Winning hearts and minds! It’s the Trump goon squad! Stick these pricks behind a badge and this is what you get! Pricks with badges! And guns! And a bad attitude actually endorsed by the President! Dump Trump! Defeat MAGA!

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  74. amermaid.bsky.social profile picture

    Amermaid @amermaid.bsky.social

    But they were only deporting criminals right? They were only going after the criminals right? That's why they're going to schools, court houses and now a wild fire to detain people. Ridiculous, this is outright shameful and disgusting.

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  81. @orclaudia.bsky.social

    These thugs are scum. They need to be outted when this shit is over and go straight to jail. Hope their houses don't burn down.

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  86. 1984-obrien.bsky.social profile picture

    Tim O'Brien @1984-obrien.bsky.social

    That's the fucking stupidest thing I have ever heard. My shot crew would not have put up with that BS. The 25 of us would have resisted and a couple other crews would have supported. They could have arrested 4 shot crews or seen us walk off the line. First responders don't need MAGA/ICE BS.

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  87. mike-s-anderson.bsky.social profile picture

    Mike @mike-s-anderson.bsky.social

    Firefighting should be a pathway to citizenship. As should military service. If someone is willing to come and protect our country, they should have that chance.

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  91. paul.ofthenorth.ca profile picture

    Paul A. @paul.ofthenorth.ca

    ICE are cowards. They go after those who can't or won't fight back. Firefighters currently fighting a fire are unlikely to be armed, or in any position to put up much of a fight.

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  93. mattlevis.bsky.social profile picture

    @mattlevis.bsky.social

    If someone runs on firing and prosecuting every boarder, Ice, etc., I’m voting for them. We’re not any safer being “protected” by monsters.

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  100. zendarva.bsky.social profile picture

    zendarva.bsky.social @zendarva.bsky.social

    I feel like, when i was a kid, if the Feds had shown up to abduct a firefighter off the line, those feds would have found themselves deep in the woods, wondering why the horizon looked orange.

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  101. leftcoasteroc.bsky.social profile picture

    Martin Moreno @leftcoasteroc.bsky.social

    They should use them to pick up trash off city streets like they have the National Guard doing in DC. Then at least they’d be doing something useful.

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  105. stevecw.bsky.social profile picture

    @stevecw.bsky.social

    Fascism starts at the top. But the real work is done by all the nasty little bastards at the bottom - who gleefully spot the opportunity to abuse their fellow humans without repercussions. Hopefully the tide will turn and these vile people can be forced back into their caves.

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  114. flamingtwits.bsky.social profile picture

    Jeff B @flamingtwits.bsky.social

    I’d like to see an undercover reporter enlist in ICE and attend a few days of training. How are supervisors indoctrinating recruits? What “standards,” “laws,” or “values” are they supposed to be upholding? They are absolute scum of the earth.

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  124. ladydkw.bsky.social profile picture

    @ladydkw.bsky.social

    WTF - taking our firemen off the line fighting a fire is efffrd up . There must be action against Noem and the team. I hope we starting with lawsuits against super bright dick heads in charge. You owe Us who live in Wa state an apology

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  125. danieljarthur.bsky.social profile picture

    Daniel @danieljarthur.bsky.social

    The make America ghastly again GOP does not care about the lives or property of US citizens. Certainly we should be reasonable and care about the lives of all people.

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  136. cjeuy.bsky.social profile picture

    CJ 🦋 @cjeuy.bsky.social

    The “goon squads” strike again. They’re devoid of humanity and nothing more than thugs. What have we become?

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  137. thx3188.bsky.social profile picture

    Cadbury Creme Egg Enthusiast @thx3188.bsky.social

    completely justified to turn the hoses on the agents at that point

    those firefighters have axes and who's to say there wasn't some horrible accident and all the ICE guys died in the fire

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  139. annabellelecter.bsky.social profile picture

    @annabellelecter.bsky.social

    'Just rapists and criminals' should hit different. Maybe the Republican MAGAs and White Working Class voters who love Insurrectionists like Ashli Babbitt weren't entirely honest about their racism.

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  141. markhathaway1.bsky.social profile picture

    Mark Hathaway @markhathaway1.bsky.social

    RealNews: Hot story today. Police told illegals who were firefighters they had to leave America. When told they were busy fighting a fire, the police arrested them, so they couldn't leave or fight the fire.

    Next up, fire ravages rural community. Police say illegals are responsible.

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  143. pookiedog01.bsky.social profile picture

    Michael @pookiedog01.bsky.social

    This administration has no humanity and deserves a quick death. Blood and guts on the streets, thank fucking REPUBLITARDS.

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  148. fromtulsa.bsky.social profile picture

    Gerry @fromtulsa.bsky.social

    SOMEBODY is ratting out these people. It's too much of a coincidence that ICE just appears out of nowhere to the workplaces of suspected targets. 🐷

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  151. kirisaki.moe.observer profile picture

    B. Kirisaki @kirisaki.moe.observer

    In France, the firefighters set fire to the police buildings when they don't get their way.

    Maybe we need more solidarity 🤔

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  155. waheid.bsky.social profile picture

    @waheid.bsky.social

    Border Patrol and ICE need to be abolished and defunded, Arresting firefighters who are actually working on an active fire shows incredible stupidity and an absence of good judgment.

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  157. wait4itbbq.bsky.social profile picture

    @wait4itbbq.bsky.social

    WTF is wrong with the US citizens? Nono e seams to be doing anything real to get rid of the orange clown and his deranged policies. Rise up you fuckers

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  159. ggowe.bsky.social profile picture

    Geoff Gowe @ggowe.bsky.social

    I really can’t understand why Americans are putting up with shit. Is this really the type of country you want to live in? If not stand up, get organized and change things

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  160. pamelaporter.bsky.social profile picture

    Pamela Porter @pamelaporter.bsky.social

    ICE is chock full of these monsters, who, unlike many dictators' armed soldiers, aren't forced under threat of death to act this way -- they are actually choosing to act this way. If given permission to be worse, they gladly will be worse.

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  170. judgian12365.bsky.social profile picture

    Ian Judge-Lord @judgian12365.bsky.social

    I am hereby calling for a general firefighter strike in all Western States for the duration of wildfire season.

    Trump wants to burn our country to the ground. So I say let it burn.

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  172. odeecs.bsky.social profile picture

    Ody @odeecs.bsky.social

    We're not joking when we say ICE agents need to face trial for crimes against humanity.

    Fuck these soulless motherfuckers.

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  173. torrleonard.bsky.social profile picture

    Torr 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social

    “On Wednesday, the two contract fire crews were sent up to the northeast side of Lake Cushman to cut wood for the local community, according to two firefighters on one of the crews.

    While they were waiting for their division supervisor to arrive, federal law enforcement showed up around 9:30 a.m.”

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  177. danielsand.bsky.social profile picture

    Dan Sandler @danielsand.bsky.social

    I truly hope that the identity of every single one of these Ice agents is revealed. So their neighbors know exactly who lives next to them and what they do every day.

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  188. valekseye.bsky.social profile picture

    @valekseye.bsky.social

    Imagine if the firefighters (appropriately) went on strike the moment their comrades got taken from their duties. Just packed up their shit and ran while the goons tried to get into the car. Fire blazing all around, engulfing the goons. Then DHS would cry about FD’s inhumanity and dereliction.

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  189. throwingschlitz.bsky.social profile picture

    ThrowingSchlitz @throwingschlitz.bsky.social

    I know it’s been said way to many times before, but one of these CBP guys is going to get merced pulling shit like this because they were born to be an asshole and when it happens I’m going to have a hard time feeling bad about it.

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  190. 6thface.bsky.social profile picture

    6th Face @6thface.bsky.social

    They want is dead. You motherfucking pussy foot liberal cunts won't wake up until they are handcuffing you.

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  195. mullinshere.bsky.social profile picture

    Mullins Here @mullinshere.bsky.social

    And Border Patrol and ICE need to be made to fight wildfires hereafter as their punishment for participating in this regime. I'm not messing.

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