r/Firefighting • u/AngronOfTheTwelfth • 2d 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/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/ro536ud 1d ago

Why couldn’t they wait until after they got back to camp? If everything was above board, why did they force the firefighters not to take video? Why be someday if you know it’s above board ? These are the things that piss everyone off. Also the fact that these people are fighting fires for us instead of raping kids on an island somewhere

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u/chaoss402 11h ago

While it doesn't have details on the criminal conduct, the contract was cancelled, so they were no longer fighting fires, due to some criminal acts. May or may not have been the immigrants committing the criminal acts, and likely no one was raping anyone, but it sounds like this was handled in a very reasonable fashion.