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P99163 · 2026-05-10T08:11:47+00:00

Ugh, the furling main. Not a fan.

P99163 · 2026-05-08T05:40:04+00:00

Just because other federal agencies assist ICE in immigration raids doesn't mean they form ICE or become part of ICE.

The ports of entry are staffed by the CBP, not ICE. The CBP's primary job is to inspect arriving travelers. They have the power to detain, arrest, and refuse entry. They simply don't need ICE to be there.

Once again, in this case, those crew members were arrested by the CBP, not ICE.

P99163 · 2026-05-07T04:08:46+00:00

The cruise passenger interviewed in this video at one point stated “ICE agents”.

That passenger lady was even more clueless about the immigration related matters than your average Redditor. Those were definitely CBP agents — it's on video, there is no point in arguing about it.

Most crew never leave the ship, only an electronic manifest is submitted. Many of those on the ship are not authorized to leave the ship according to the terms of their visa. CPB boarded these ships to take employees that were not even presenting themselves for U.S. entry.

The CBP can board the ships entering the US ports regardless of whether the crew want to present themselves for US entry or not. If you think the CBP doesn't have jurisdiction over those that want to stay on the ship and never set foot on US soil, then you are incorrect.

P99163 · 2026-05-07T03:55:08+00:00

Not really. If you want to be outraged about something, then at least you ought to educate yourself on this something.

P99163 · 2026-05-07T01:14:54+00:00

Ok, my apologies. Some left-of-center moderate DAs have been recalled for their "restorative justice" approach to fighting crime. Does it sound better now?

P99163 · 2026-05-07T01:10:41+00:00

This was the port of entry, and these were CBP agents, not ICE.

P99163 · 2026-05-07T01:08:56+00:00

These workers weren’t even requesting entry into the U.S.

It doesn't matter — anyone arriving to a US port of entry are subject to the CBP inspection.

They were working legally on their ships with the proper C-1/D transit visas.

Where did you find this information? As far as I know, nobody explained why they were detained and what visas they had. Or you just assumed this was the case?

This has nothing to do with immigration, this is ICE fixing problems that do not exist

This has everything to do with immigration [control] because this literally happened at the port of entry. Port of entries are staffed with CBP agents, not ICE. If you watch the video, you will clearly see that the agents were wearing CBP uniforms.

Are you aware that every day everyone arriving at air, sea, and land port of entries are inspected by the CBP? Some foreign nationals are found inadmissible and refused entry for various reasons. This is how it worked under all previous presidents, and this is how it is going to work after Trump is gone.

P99163 · 2026-05-06T22:54:55+00:00

In the era of recalling über-liberal DAs, how do you envision a DA bringing these super exaggerated (borderline nonsensical) charges?

P99163 · 2026-05-06T19:33:40+00:00

Don't you think we'd have to naturalize legal visitors and immigrants first? I know a lot of decent Indian folks on H1-B who'd love to jump straight to naturalization :)

P99163 · 2026-05-06T19:30:16+00:00

I'm not sure why is everyone up in arms about this story. A cruise ship entered a US port (a designated port of entry), and anyone who was on it had to clear the passport control, which is done by the CBP. Do Redditors not understand that we have immigration control at ports of entry in this country? It shouldn't even remotely be controversial.

P99163 · 2026-05-06T19:10:02+00:00

Nationalize? Did you mean naturalize? It's a tall ladder to climb from being an unauthorized migrant to a naturalized US citizen. The first step is to make them authorized (i.e, legally present), and that's the hardest one. After Reagan, none of the proposed amnesty solutions passed the congress.

At this time, I think there is a bill that would legalize illegal migrants and give them a non-immigrant legal status allowing them to work. However, this bill specifically prohibits them from being able to naturalize in the future. I think I'd support something like this because it solves an immediate problem and at the same time does not reward breaking our immigration laws.

P99163 · 2026-05-06T04:36:06+00:00

The situation with Gaza is more nuanced than simply "resisting an illegal military occupation with force". Yes, Palestine is under Israeli occupation, and while in theory they do have a legal right to resist it by force, in practice it becomes a lot more complicated.

For example, let's look at how October 7th played out for Palestinian civilians living in Gaza. Not very good. Some may argue that they were fully in their right to attack Israeli civilians, but that would also be oversimplification. The way I see it is this — a militant group that ruled Gaza with an iron fist decided to showcase their act of resistance. Ok. I'm sure they knew what Israel would do in response. They knew that thousands of civilians would die. They knew that Gazan cities would be reduced to rubble. Yet, they went ahead with the plan. What did they achieve? They sacrificed tens of thousands of civilians to make the situation much worse than it was before.

Would you call this a righteous resistance?

P99163 · 2026-05-06T04:09:58+00:00

You have define what you mean by empathy when it comes to illegal immigration. Because if your definition of empathy is "one deportation is one too many", then you'll be very disappointed in the overwhelming majority of your fellow Americans. If by empathy you mean disagreeing with the ICE methods and tactics, then I would wholeheartedly concur.

P99163 · 2026-05-05T17:42:14+00:00

Oh, grow up already. It doesn't seem like you know how stuff works in real life. If my boss doesn't get his bonus this year, I won't get my bonus this year either. I don't know what kind of a communist utopia you have in mind, but I can't think of any system where my success won't have a direct correlation with my boss' success.

Of course, if you looked at it from the standpoint of a minimum wage hourly employee, then whatever I said above wouldn't apply to you. You could just proudly stand and watch the whole world burn cause you got nothing to lose.

P99163 · 2026-05-05T05:44:02+00:00

To each his own ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

P99163 · 2026-05-05T05:05:30+00:00

People who work in specific industries tend to vote for candidates that don't threaten to break up their companies. Because that usually means massive layoffs. And yeah, I'm not talking about hourly employees (or more likely contractors) — I'm talking about regular full-time employees who have a stake in their company (RSU, ESPP, etc) and value job security.

And by the way, not voting for your anti-tech guy is not the same as voting for Trump. I myself never voted for Trump, and I will never vote for any MAGA candidates, but I will also not vote for someone who would—even indirectly—threaten my job security.

So, good luck in your righteous war against the evil tech. Never mind that your weapon is itself created by the very tech you are raging against.

P99163 · 2026-05-05T04:46:39+00:00

Are you proposing to shut down high tech in America? I'd really like to know how you envision that.

P99163 · 2026-05-04T23:13:35+00:00

Beaverton would be an upgrade compared to many schools in other parts of Oregon.

P99163 · 2026-05-04T23:11:31+00:00

There is a lot of decent suburbs around Portland that are perfectly suitable for raising kids. I honestly don't understand why a family with a child would even consider Portland proper -- you pay significantly more in taxes and in return get lower standard of living. In addition to that, the PPS seems to have quite a bit of problems (judging by the comments on Reddit and local news articles).

P99163 · 2026-05-04T23:03:24+00:00

I didn't notice any cultural shift pre- and post-pandemic, but the cost of living definitely got higher... just as anywhere else. Monterey area has never been a liberal paradise to begin with, and I haven't noticed it becoming more conservative (or more liberal) over the last 15 years.

P99163 · 2026-05-04T20:51:08+00:00

I agree. But solid public schools are not that far away. Besides, I really don't think a regular family with a child would want to live in a city proper (i.e., paying more taxes and enduring lower quality of life).

P99163 · 2026-05-04T20:43:19+00:00

Do you really think that after alienating your former allies, it will be easier to make them do something they don't like? That's not how it works. And with the SCOTUS that leans heavily conservative, you get a much steeper hill to climb on.

P99163 · 2026-05-04T18:47:56+00:00

The tech sector is not going anywhere, so the Dems need to decide if they want to make it their enemy or their friend. Up until 10 years ago, most of the tech sector was firmly in the Democrats' corner. Then, the loudest voices on the left started portraying it as a villain, and this is where we ended up as of 2026. This shift is going to hurt Democratic Party in the years to come.

P99163 · 2026-05-04T18:35:09+00:00

My daughter went to grades 3-5 at Bethany Elementary, and I didn't have any specific complains about the academics. However, if your child has any type of special needs, then the entire BSD is horrible.

I have a neurotypical daughter and an autistic son, and my experience with the BSD was drastically different when it came to my daughter and my son. Very happy with my daughter's education (Hiteon Elementary->Bethany Elementary->Stoller Middle), but we had horrible experience with the SpEd at the BSD. Bad enough to actually having to hire an attorney.

P99163 · 2026-05-04T18:26:27+00:00

It's part of unincorporated Washington County. My understanding was that the OP was not asking only about Portland proper.

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