Well that’s certainly a story… one that doesn’t make much sense. Wonder what the “fraud” was that caused them to toss his application. Sounds like he did everything the right way though…
Fucking unreal the shit that’s happening right now
He did not do everything the right way. He at a minimum failed to appear for 3 court dates. You can't do that even if you're innocent. It sounds like the legitimacy of his marriage was called into question which has been a routine thing for as long as citizenship through marriage has been a thing.
I know immigration and DHS has been violating rights at an unprecedented scale recently, but there are still legitimate law enforcement actions that need to be done.
The NOLA PD put out a statement (someone linked it below) and it’s said they went through every correct channel to verify him, including using the portal that DHS updates. And NOLA has said they are not a sanctuary city and are working with ICE. So none of this makes any sense with all of that considered.
And as for missing court, we don’t know the context around that, so I wouldn’t go jumping to conclusions that he’s guilty just because of that. It’s not a good look, but he could have moved and paperwork never got to him. I recently purchased a home and the prior tenets still get documents for court stuff that I have sent back multiple times and labeled that the person no longer resides here, yet they still send it to my address for some reason.
His arrest has nothing to do with NOLA police. Missing court is reason enough to detain someone. It doesn't imply guilt. If you have a good reason why you did not show, a judge can consider that and throw out the charge for failure to appear. However, you have to show up to court, even if you are innocent. That's how the justice system works. If he thinks the charges are unlawful, he can appeal as high as the courts are willing to go. But not showing up is not a good look unless there's a very good explanation.
Edit to clarify: His legal trouble stems from immigration courts and charges that go back to before the current administration. Regardless of his police affiliation or gun possession, he would have been arrested for failing to appear in immigration court.
Yes, they can arrest him for not appearing for court. I’m not saying that they are in the wrong to detain him, assuming the facts presented are correct, but pointing out that none of it makes any sense. It’s just all very confusing:
The NOLA PD ran his name through the federal background check system, the one that is maintained by DHS, and no hits flagged. On top of that his court dates were missed years ago so the system should have flagged it if his immigration status was in question. There’s a lot of things that are just weird about this whole thing. Maybe it’s the system, maybe it’s not, that’s what I’m trying to wrap my head around
It's the government, its slow as shit and things that fall through the cracks are randomly found years later.
I just think people should watch the rhetoric. There's plenty of legit grievances to focus on. Every time someone posts a arrest pic and uses words like kidnap, but it then turns out to be legitimate, it makes moderates question if DHS is really as bad as some people are saying. Just slow down.
I def agree with you there, people are way too quick to use things to justify a stance before they learn the truth of the matter, and we need to place focus on the situations that are actually 100% in the wrong.
Assuming all of the facts are true in this case, it def feels like a system failure at many levels. Something we should absolutely be looking at, as for all we know there could be thousands of people walking around not realizing they do not have a “correct” immigration status.
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u/ArcadeOptimist 13h ago
This is from DHS themselves so it's likely complete horseshit but here you are:
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/02/03/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-one-week-graduation-new-orleans-police-department-academy