r/Firefighting • u/AngronOfTheTwelfth • 1d ago

General Discussion Border Patrol agents arrested firefighters fighting Washington wildfire after they asked the fire crew to line up to check their IDs.

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What do we all think of this? Seems pretty nuts to me. They are actively getting in the way of wildlands guys as they do their job out there. I dont think this should be allowed or encouraged. Firefighting is a lot more important than .... risking 20 guys dressed exactly like firefighters crossing the Canadian border?

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u/Radicalbrahhh 1d ago

You can Google it and find some. Sounds like they weren’t city/county/state/or federal. “Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews.”

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u/snrub742 1d ago

Even if that is the case, surely it can fucking wait?

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u/Worldwar30008 1d ago

Reading the article it was BLM cancelled the contract with the private company following a criminal investigation. They asked federal law enforcement to remove them. Federal leo ID them and found 2 of them were illegally in the country with prior rulings not allowing them back in. Seems pretty fine. They weren’t contracted anymore due to criminal acts and they were removed resulting in 2 of them getting additional charges.

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u/Remarkable-Ad-5192 16h ago

I do not think ppl are reading the article. And that is causing confusion about what happened.

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u/Worldwar30008 15h ago

Expecting people to get more context than the face value of a reddit post is funny