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ICE put on ice by one good American citizen (Original Post) Miigwech Mar 2019 OP
Woops ... start it from the beginning Miigwech Mar 2019 #1
change that 97 to 1 keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #2
Washington Post article about incident: sl8 Mar 2019 #3

sl8

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3. Washington Post article about incident:
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 06:53 PM
Mar 2019

Thanks for the OP.

From https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/29/an-activist-used-legal-argument-stop-an-ice-arrest-he-says-others-should-do-same/?utm_term=.e3e89d209501

An activist used a legal argument to stop an ICE arrest. He says others should do the same.

By Michael Brice-Saddler
March 29

A New York activist who successfully prevented the arrest of two undocumented immigrants traveling with him earlier this month says his case underscores the importance of understanding constitutional rights.

The efforts of 30-year-old Bryan MacCormack, executive director of the nonprofit organization Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, went viral this week after video showed him refusing to open his car door for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers attempting to detain two of his passengers.

MacCormack was pulled over March 5 while driving two community members from a local courthouse in Hudson, N.Y., where they were handling a traffic violation, to their attorney’s office.

“We believe they were waiting outside of the court in their vehicle,” MacCormack, a Hudson native, said in an interview Thursday. “They watched us leave and proceeded to follow us.”

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