ICE arrests undocumented dad while gardening

[laserhaas]

Source: ABC News

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a man in his backyard yesterday in California in a video captured by his wife.

Helena Ponce told Los Angeles ABC affiliate KABC that ICE went into the family's backyard in Napa, California, asked her husband his name and arrested him without any problems. His daughter also watched as multiple ICE agents put him in their car.

Ponce's husband, 39, immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 4 years old, according to his family.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/ice-arrests-undocumented-california-dad-gardening-backyard/story?id=53362306&id=53362306&__twitter_impression=true

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Link to ABC Video. http://abcn.ws/2sVOwW1

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. ICE aint gping nowhere unless we win elections. And stop primarying democrats.

[vkkv]

6. "And stop primarying democrats." ..why? Voters NEED to follow more, not less.

In case you haven't noticed but old Dems haven't been winning all that much these days..

It is now the new, younger, progressives that are now winning.

[NurseJackie]

35. "old Dems" ... Lord.

[vkkv]

36. Yes, that's correct - So, you can read.

The need to bring younger progressives into the ranks has NEVER been more clear.

I guess you missed that.

[NurseJackie]

37. LOL

[msongs]

2. the real gestapo kicked in doors at night. more dramatic nt

[SunSeeker]

3. That is so fucked up!

[SharonClark]

4. Thugs working for the Big Thug.

[laserhaas]

5. ICE Agents must be very proud of themselves

Saving America from gardeners

[bronxiteforever]

7. Kick and recommend for visibility of this evil deed.

[klook]

8. Holy shit, WTF??

What a nightmare we are living through.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. ICEd

How many people will be ICEd before we can end this regime?

[laserhaas]

10. Great question.

Apropos is the nym...ICE

For ice cold heartlessness

[BigmanPigman]

11. I thought the Fucking Moron said he would "punish" CA for not adhering

to his immigration policies with Sanctuary State status and was going to take all of the immigration that "protect" CA residents out of the state? When is he going to do us this favor?!? I feel like we are living in Nazi Germany.

[ggccvvtt]

12. Is this real? Same guy?

ICE's statement on the arrest...

"On Sunday, Feb. 25, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) San Francisco Fugitive Operations Team arrested ICE fugitive Armando Nuñez-Salgado, 38, a citizen of Mexico and documented Sureño gang member, who has been previously removed by ICE on four prior occasions. Over the past 18 years he has accumulated criminal convictions in California that have resulted in more than 15 years of prison sentencings. His criminal convictions include assault with a deadly weapon (statutorily enhanced because of his gang member status), burglary, hit-and-run causing injury and evading a peace officer."

https://www.ice.gov/most-wanted/nunez

[BadGimp]

13. wow - this does not exactly paint him in a good light.

[ggccvvtt]

14. It does not.

This is right in my back yard (San Francisco). If that statement is factual, my opinion on this changes.

[laserhaas]

15. ICE Already knew, for years, where this guy was

His criminal past and exit from prison was over 15 years ago. Trump's Administration had him arrested, to make a proof of Trump's points - that it is all thugs.

He was arrested for criminal past; but was not - as the posted bulletin in comment above states - whereabouts unknown - armed and dangerous.

Feds brought extra large team.and camera crew - in hopes of documenting flight -but the surrender was peaceful.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/ice-arrests-father-california-821891%3famp=1

[joshcryer]

16. Looks like they carefully chose this guy.

Find someone who hasn't been arrested on any charges in years, someone who has been here for quite some time, whose major arrests are deportation in that time. Make sure it's someone who has a sordid history in their youth. They're trying to normalize the deportation of people here since they were kids, so that they can go after many others with less scary backgrounds.

Give it time and we'll start seeing young Latinos who were brought here when they were 3-4 years old getting deported over a DUI or something.

[laserhaas]

17. Exactly!

[hack89]

20. He was last deported in 2010

He was deport several times before that after he finished his prison sentences. He is a violent felon.

[joshcryer]

30. I'm not saying he was a saint.

I'm saying cases like this open up the normalization of getting rid of people who have led less sordid lives here.

Dude is a perfect case of someone who may or may not have reformed who is easy pickings. There are probably a lot of guys out there like that.

[laserhaas]

34. Definitely need more details; but it does sound like

Nail that past...

[hack89]

19. Your math doesn't add up

He is 38 years old. If he spent 15 years in prison then he did not exit prison 15 years ago.

[melm00se]

22. Concurrent sentences?

[hack89]

23. He was deported in 2010 for the fourth time

he has not been living peacefully for 15 years. He is a violent felon with a long and recent history of gang membership.

I am not a big fan of ICE but I don't question them about this - this is a guy we don't want in America.

[riversedge]

18. Pure intimidation meant to instill fear into all immigrants! Damn I hate Trump!

[laserhaas]

21. Me too...for more reasons than you could probably figure

[Initech]

24. First they came for the "illegal immigrants"...

[hack89]

25. This guy is a convicted felon with a history of gang membership and four deportations

he spent most of his adult time in America in prison.

He is exactly the type of person that needs to be deported.

[laserhaas]

27. Yup..deport..or lock em up for life (for profit prisons need $$$)

Or...just give for profit prisons $1 million to execute them

Once a sinner ..always worthless

Shheesshh!

[hack89]

29. Just deport.

there are plenty of more worthy people. We have enough homegrown gang members.

[laserhaas]

31. What we don't have...are enough GAF ...people

In our Jewish faith, sins are forgiven when asked 10 times

And the offender is clean by doing it- no more.

By your logic, the white race should be shot - sent to hell

[hack89]

32. Offenders become dirty again when they offend again.

illegally re-entering the country several times and maintaining your gang affiliations makes you dirty.

[SHRED]

26. Republican family values at work

[laserhaas]

28. Values...schmalues

We don't no stinkin immigrants

The good old days when it was just Irish, Italian and other white only mobs coming to America

[laserhaas]

33. IDK

anymore

[Devil Child]

38. Undocumented but a documented gang member with 4 deportations and prior convictions

EDITOR'S NOTE: Since the arrest, ABC7 News has learned that the man referenced in this story was later identified as Armando Nunez-Salgado, a documented Sureno gang member who was removed by ICE four times and has several previous criminal convictions. At the time of his arrest, his family told ABC7 News that he did nothing wrong as documented in the story above.

http://abc7news.com/society/napa-family-devastated-after-ice-arrests-father/3140321/

There are many other victims of Trump's war against dreamers to highlight. Mr. Nunez-Salgado is no victim and was rightfully detained if his ICE wanted page is correct. No outrage to dispense in this case.

He can garden with his fellow gang members elsewhere.

Good job ICE.