BREAKING: ICE tried to enter Ecuador Consulate, in Minnesota

[mysteryowl]

ICE agents blocked from attempting to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis without permission.

Ecuador’s minister of foreign affairs has filed a protest with the U.S. Embassy after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents tried to enter the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis without permission on Tuesday.

A video of the attempt on social media shows a consulate staffer running to the door to turn the ICE agents away around 11 a.m., telling them, “This is the Ecuadorian consulate. You’re not allowed to enter.” One ICE officer can be heard responding by threatening to “grab” the staffer if he touched the agent before agreeing to leave.

International law generally prohibits law enforcement authorities from entering foreign consulates or embassies without permission, though sometimes permission may be assumed granted for life-threatening emergencies, such as fires.

“Consulate officials immediately prevented the ICE officer from entering the consular building, thus ensuring the protection of the Ecuadorians who were present at the time and activating the emergency protocols issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility,” the ministry wrote on X.

A “note of protest” was filed with the U.S. Embassy in Ecuador so that similar attempts aren’t made at other consulates, the ministry said. The State Department, Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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[Dave Bowman]

1. They're even dumber than the idiots who broke in The Watergate.

[2naSalit]

2. Brazen AND ignorant...

Yup, that's the rump regime in action.

[Bayard]

7. What did they think they were going to do there?

Arrest everyone because they're not citizens?

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. Stupid, but expected.

These are the same people who bought Trump lies in 2021.

[2naSalit]

23. Probably...

They heard that foreigners were there so "let's go git 'em" and they were stupid enough to try it. Fucking idiots.

[AllyCat]

3. More terrorism from the terrorists.

“International law generally prohibits law enforcement authorities from entering foreign consulates or embassies without permission, though sometimes permission may be assumed granted for life-threatening emergencies, such as fires.”

ICE is not law enforcement.

[dalton99a]

5. +1. They are too dumb to be cops.

[AllyCat]

20. Too chicken to join the military

Or too unstable

[Qutzupalotl]

8. The opposite of enforcement.

Acting with reckless impunity.

[cstanleytech]

12. "ICE is not law enforcement" They are the 21st Century version of the brown shirts from Nazi Germany.

[SeattleVet]

16. But even the Nazis weren't afraid to show their faces...these folks are cowards.

[Boo1]

4. Just looked up the building

It's prety unassuming, but clearly marked as a consulate on the front.

[Kablooie]

6. They probably figured they could arrest everyone in the building and deport them.

A sure fire way to get them there bonuses.

[Qutzupalotl]

9. Sadly, I think you nailed it.

Like a video game to them. And they are too stupid to know they were trying to cross a recognized border to do it.

[sdfernando]

18. The stupid fucks are so dumb

they didn't even realize that all the Ecuadorans were already in Ecuador!

[OAITW r.2.0]

11. Expect this kind of stupidity to go on until we Dump Trump.

[RainCaster]

13. From the Department of Horrific Stupidity

OMG 😟

[Figarosmom]

14. Watch embassies start pulling out of the

Country saying it's too dangerous. Like we pull out of countries before a coup or an attack.

[nuxvomica]

15. They probably thought this was easy pickins

A bunch of foreigners all in one place. It would be like shooting fish in a barrel to meet their quotas.

[Cha]

17. ICEFucking Nazi Homicidal Idiots.

[DFW]

19. Under universally recognized (even by us!) rules of diplomacy

Consulates and embassies are considered to be the sovereign territory of the nation whose name is in them. Under law, ICE invading an embassy or consulate of another nation is legally an invasion of the country itself, who is then within their rights to use all means, including deadly force, to repel the invaders. It almost never happens, but ICE has almost never attempted it before, either.

[orangecrush]

22. This

[orangecrush]

21. US embassy security is US Marines

I'm sure Ecuador has staff capable of dealing with Meal Team 6.