Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Hawaii

[TomK]

Customs and Border Protection vehicle spotted in downtown Pahoa.

How shocking. Have you informed the media?

[ironyak]

Nah, it was meant to inform immigrants and people who care. Know any?

[TomK]

Nah, it was meant to inform immigrants and people who care. Know any?

I know several immigrants, and many of them are also citizens from families that have immigrated in the past. Do you think I need to inform them that there's a Customs and Border Protection vehicle in Pahoa? It's not the sort of thing I'd usually do, and I suspect many share my opinion. Would you like me to post a photo and location of a police vehicle in Pahoa? I guess some people might care. How about a sheriff's vehicle? They're rare to see on the roads, but you do see them in Hilo from time to time. You could start a scrapbook.

[Wao nahele kane]

Nah, it was meant to inform immigrants and people who care. Know any?

I know several immigrants, and many of them are also citizens from families that have immigrated in the past. Do you think I need to inform them that there's a Customs and Border Protection vehicle in Pahoa? It's not the sort of thing I'd usually do, and I suspect many share my opinion. Would you like me to post a photo and location of a police vehicle in Pahoa? I guess some people might care. How about a sheriff's vehicle? They're rare to see on the roads, but you do see them in Hilo from time to time. You could start a scrapbook.

Yeah man, we need to save El Barrio in PahoaDiego. We can't trust our local cruise ship customs agent not to go hardcore ICE on everyone. LOL! Meant to inform immigrants and people who care? You mean it was a gross obsfucation of who the hell it was grabbing a bite to eat in Pahoa.

[MyManao]

Would you like me to..

What makes you think Yak's post was about you?

[Wao nahele kane]

What happens when a lunatic crowd of morons mistake our local cruise ship customs agent as an ICE agent and beat them up because of a retard poster mistaking them as an ICE agent? As if it wasn't bad enough some moron feels compelled to rat out legitimate law enforcement activity, they go a step further and missidentify the agent as something they aren't.

This is the level of depravity that has festered into some people today. Frigging morons. LEAVE OUR LOCAL CRUISE SHIP CUSTOMS AGENT ALONE!

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[TomK]

Would you like me to..

What makes you think Yak's post was about you?

I didn't think it was about me, but ironyak asked me a question, which I answered. Sometimes, the stupidity of some here astounds me.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

mistake our local cruise ship customs agent as an ICE agent

Considering the elevation of Pahoa is 700 feet above sea level, and neither Highway 130 or 132 lead to any ports, “cruise ship customs agent” might not be the first thing that pops into your mind.  And I visited the customs office and customs agents weekly on Maui for 10 years.  Never saw their official government vehicle on Haleakala either.

[HiloJulie]

What happens when a lunatic crowd of morons mistake our local cruise ship customs agent as an ICE agent and beat them up because of a retard poster mistaking them as an ICE agent? As if it wasn't bad enough some moron feels compelled to rat out legitimate law enforcement activity, they go a step further and missidentify the agent as something they aren't.

This is the level of depravity that has festered into some people today. Frigging morons. LEAVE OUR LOCAL CRUISE SHIP CUSTOMS AGENT ALONE!

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I'd say the chances of that are less than nil. 

But I'd say the chances that ICE may raid Black Rock Cafe or Malama Market are much better. Perhaps maybe Luquins?  Maybe round up some Filipino teachers at the Pahoa School? For the fun of it of course.

But I do love the references to "morons" and "retards." The more common return of the use of those words clearly shows that America (and by extension, Hawaii, of course) is starting to be Great Again!

[Wao nahele kane]

mistake our local cruise ship customs agent as an ICE agent

Considering the elevation of Pahoa is 700 feet above sea level, and neither Highway 130 or 132 lead to any ports, “cruise ship customs agent” might not be the first thing that pops into your mind.  And I visited the customs office and customs agents weekly on Maui for 10 years.  Never saw their official government vehicle on Haleakala either.

Well, you're not a very observant person then because that vehicle has been rolling around here for some time now. US CBP has been on island since the agencies creation in 2003. Before that, INS and US Customs had the job load and were on island as well. 

Guess who's not on island permanently? ICE. Their offices are in Honolulu. 

CBP has two offices on island, Kona and Hilo side. 

CBP handles port of entry operations. 

ICE handles interior immigration enforcement matters. 

And for the fools who mistake a CPB vehicle as an ICE vehicle, there's no hope for your kind. 

We had a fool here assuming a CPB vehicle meant ICE raids. 
Don't mistake the two as one in the same, they aren't. 
And YOU declaring you saw the customs office on Maui weekly for 10 years should know damn good and well, they aren't ICE.