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31st Street Bridge

(146 posts) Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:06 AM Friday

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Did I hear this right? ICE abducted people ... in Scotland???

If so, isn't that an act of war?

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Did I hear this right? ICE abducted people ... in Scotland??? (Original Post) 31st Street Bridge Friday OP

More info, please? Ocelot II Friday #1

Some info here ... 31st Street Bridge Friday #2

There is an agency in the UK called Immigration Compliance and Enforcement Ocelot II Friday #3

A different ICE, perhaps? 31st Street Bridge Friday #4

Nigel Farage said he wanted an ICE type Organization there. IcyPeas Friday #5

Ocelot II

(129,962 posts)

1. More info, please?

Reply to 31st Street Bridge (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:14 AM

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31st Street Bridge

(146 posts)

2. Some info here ...

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:19 AM

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https://greens.scot/news/greens-call-for-expulsion-of-us-troops-following-abduction

Ocelot II

(129,962 posts)

3. There is an agency in the UK called Immigration Compliance and Enforcement

Reply to 31st Street Bridge (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:19 AM

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which is part of the UK Home Office. It is not the same as the our ICE. The incident might be this one:

The captain and first officer of a Russian-flagged oil tanker have been taken out of UK territory by US Coast Guards.

The Americans seized the vessel, the Marinera, on 7 January south of Iceland before sailing it to the Moray coast, east of Inverness.

The US Department of Justice told Scottish authorities on Tuesday morning that the skipper, Avtandil Kalandadze, and his unnamed colleague were on board the US Coast Guard vessel Munro.

Scotland's Justice Secretary Angela Constance said the episode had shown a lack of respect for "Scottish jurisdiction and Scots law".
https://archive.is/IiTsv

It's an argument over jurisdiction.

31st Street Bridge

(146 posts)

4. A different ICE, perhaps?

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:55 AM

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IcyPeas

(25,244 posts)

5. Nigel Farage said he wanted an ICE type Organization there.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:09 PM

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Him and his Reform Party.

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Not sure if this would apply in Scotland.

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