If you thought the ICE situation couldn’t get worse, the people of Milford, Massachusetts, are outraged after learning of a recent kidnapping. As you know, ICE officers don’t have the most subtle tactics when they detain someone. However, things are going a bit too far, so the community has started questioning the legitimacy of these actions. A clear example of this occurred not long ago. In Milford, a high school student who was one day away from graduating was kidnapped by ICE officers on his way to volleyball practice.
Reliable Redditor, CantStopPoppin, shared the video on the r/EyesOnIce subreddit. The video describes ICE detaining Marcelo, an 18-year-old high school student. Marcelo would graduate the day after, but that was not possible because of ICE’s involvement.
“He is at risk of being kicked out of the country, that he worked so hard to build a life in.”
The person in the video continues to say that Marcelo never had any legal trouble since arriving in the country. He claims that Marcelo was beloved in the community.
“If this doesn’t show you that who you vote for actually has an effect on people and an entire community, then I genuinely don’t know what will.”
Currently, students and the Milford community have rallied to help Marcelo. According to CBS, the governor is looking for answers about this blatant ICE kidnapping. At the moment, Marcelo is at the detention center in Burlington.
As you can expect, people are angry about the matter and are also questioning ICE tactics.
“None of this is legitimate, legal, or moral.” – Atlanta_Mane via Reddit.
“So incredibly sad what our country has become.” – Shield_Maiden831 via Reddit.
What is really alarming is how ICE is using illegitimate tactics to target people who are not even dangerous in the country. What harm could an 18-year-old student have done? None. He was on his way to volleyball practice. He was going to play the drums during the graduation ceremony. Marcelo was not a danger to people. He wasn’t part of a gang or had a criminal record; he was just a normal student one day away from graduating.
