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Imagine if ICE ordered your plane to land and they arrest all the passengers and flight attendants to bring into their torture facilities.

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[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Do you mean flights that fly directly to Mexico from Canada?

Otherwise, you should be fine. ICE doesn't have jurisdiction over the FAA and can't just order random planes down. Especially planes from one country to another with no intervening stops in America. What on Earth would the rationale be? "Hey, citizens of other countries who had no intention of entering the US, we've kidnapped you and now you're stuck here!"

There are plenty of valid concerns and fears about America but having them ground international, non US bound flights would be a nonsensical international incident with 0 gain.

[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They can't just go to Venezuela and blow up people and boats, yet there they are doing it.

[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And I ask the same about ordering planes down. They can if they want to. Laws are now what the gop says they are. So why can't they take down a plane ? Because of a law ?

[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Because laws governing the United States actions within the States are very different than international law.

There are actually mechanisms, enforcement, oversight and so on. ICE taking control of the FAA would at least be a lengthy court battle first. It's why Trump hasn't been able to fire Lisa Cook, why Kilmar was brought back etc.

There is no similar restraint on American military actions outside of America.

[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Enjoy your flight I guess, you have more faith in nazis than I do.

[–] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

No, just a reasonable assumption of risk and reality.

If we're going by nonsense at the outer bounds, trump could just nuke whateber country tomorrow. Oh, you're still going about your life? Guess you have faith in nazis.

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