DHS\/ICE often acts in a heavy handed manner, likely doing things that seem inexplicable and unnecessary. Then again, we only know what we know based on media reporting – which is typically wrong and often intentionally biased. It is very hard to know what to think about much of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are two examples of what the media reported – versus what DHS\/ICE\/others noted after the media reports came out. Often, the perspective we are first given by the media turns out to be completely wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The end result is we blame ICE – and then if we do hear about the corrections, we lose all confidence in the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CBS “News”:<\/strong> Irish man Seamus Culleton held for months by ICE says he had U.S. work permit, and now fears for his life – CBS News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fake news site The Guardian<\/strong>: Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n He was told long ago that he could be released immediately by returning to Ireland. But the sympathetic media chose to ignore …He’s the Irish illegal immigrant who claims he’s a victim of Trump’s ICE crackdown – but now his twin daughters back home say he abandoned them as toddlers and should return to face drug charges | Daily Mail Online<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n That story says he’s wanted on drug charges in Ireland. His 18 year old twin daughters say he abandoned them, fled to the U.S. and overstayed his visa (how most illegal immigration to the US occurs). Per his daughters, he never paid child support. A Judge issued a deportation order for him in September of 2025 and he was given the option of voluntarily leaving the U.S., which he chose not to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A day later – this Sky News report leaves out the drug charges and what his daughter’s have said: Irishman who likened ICE facility to ‘modern-day concentration camp’ given deportation reprieve | US News | Sky News<\/a> (deportation postponed by 10 days)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The news media selectively reports on things all the time – to the point that little they publish can be trusted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The shocking turn in the Seamus Culleton deportation case<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n And just like that, Culleton went from sympathetic detainee to alleged drug dealer, deadbeat dad, and scary, racist stalker. Social media in Ireland exploded, and Culleton was denounced the length and breadth of the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Fake News Site The Guardian: \u2018Don\u2019t go to the US \u2013 not with Trump in charge\u2019: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nReality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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