• Shadow@lemmy.ca
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    Laurie says she was still waiting for guidance when ICE agents returned to the airport looking for another passenger. This time, she made a different choice. She called the supervisor at the gate, asked for the passenger’s phone number and called the woman herself.

    “I know this is going to sound extremely radical, or crazy,” she recounted telling the woman, “but ICE is there at the gate, and they’re looking for you."

    There was a pause. “Are you serious?” the woman asked.

    “Yes,” Laurie said. “I know this is crazy, but I promise you. I’m being serious.”

    “Should I leave?” the woman asked. “I think it might be best if you do,” Laurie said.

    That’s awesome. Good for her.

    • dan@upvote.au
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      Also

      The ICE agents arrived after she was gone. Laurie recognized two of them from an earlier encounter. About 10 minutes later, one approached her, showed his badge and asked whether she could confirm that the passenger had checked in. Laurie refused, telling him airline employees could not provide passenger information.

      As the flight neared final boarding, another ICE officer accused Laurie of interfering with the operation and pressed her to help locate the passenger. Laurie declined to say whether the woman was on the flight’s passenger list and told the officer he would need to contact the airline’s corporate security department for information. “You’re going to need a subpoena,” she said. No arrests were made at the gate that day.

      Legend.

      Unfortunately I worry that ICE is going to target Laurie in some way now :/

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        another ICE officer accused Laurie of interfering with the operation and pressed her to help locate the passenger.

        In other words, an ICE officer tried to enslave her into government service.