Video: https://x.com/TheJFreakinC/status/2016329964405047562?s=20
ICE agents attempted to force their way into the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis.
That is not a misunderstanding. That is a foreign government facility, protected under international law.
In the video, a consulate staff member rushes to the door and clearly tells the agent he cannot enter. The agent responds by threatening him, saying, “If you touch me, I will take you.”
Which is wild, because the staff member isn’t advancing… he’s standing in the doorway of a sovereign diplomatic building, doing his job.
The staff member then says, “This is the consulate. This is a foreign government consulate. You cannot enter.” He then says, “Okay. Close the door, bye!” And locks it.
Let’s be very clear about what just happened… ICE agents tried to unlawfully enter a foreign nation’s consulate, then threatened to arrest a foreign government employee for stopping them. That is a serious violation of international law, diplomatic norms, and basic sovereignty.
It’s one thing to terrorize immigrants inside U.S. immigration courts… It’s another thing entirely to threaten another country’s citizens on their own sovereign ground.
If a foreign government sent armed agents to a U.S. consulate and tried to abduct Americans… The U.S. would treat it as a hostile act.