Las vegas: Australian man tackled, handcuffed in US after ‘overstaying’ - EUROPE SAYS
Footage fromLas Vegasshows anAustraliancitizen screaming as he was tackled and handcuffed at an airport amid claims he had “overstayed”. Local news site Las Vegas Locally shared a video which showed the. . .
Footage fromLas Vegasshows anAustraliancitizen screaming as he was tackled and handcuffed at an airport amid claims he had “overstayed”. Local news site Las Vegas Locally shared a video which showed the confused man held down by a man and a woman in plain clothes. Footage from Las Vegas shows an Australian citizen screaming as he was tackled and handcuffed at an airport amid claims he had “overstayed” Las Vegas LocallyThe man was wearing a hoodie and a hat while the woman had a facemask on in the video filmed on Monday. The US Department of Homeland Security identified the man to NBC as Phu Nguyen and said he was an Australian who overstayed his visa. “I don’t know what they’re doing,” Nguyen said in the video. A man in a security guard uniform tried to hold people back, before the pair conducting the arrest walked off, leaving Nguyen lying on the floor with one hand cuffed. Las Vegas police toldNBCthey were ICE agents at Harry Reid International Airport. A man in a security guard uniform tried to hold people back, before the pair conducting the arrest walked off, leaving Nguyen lying on the floor with one hand cuffed. Las Vegas LocallyPolice said that officers conducted a records check and “found no outstanding warrants on the individual. ”“They removed the handcuff from his wrist and notified ICE,” Las Vegas police told the outlet. NBC said he was arrested later before his flight left Los Angeles International Airport and is being held at Adelanto ICE Processing Centre in California. DHS told NBC his visa expired on May 26, 2015. DFAT told nine. com. au it was “making urgent enquiries following reports of an Australian citizen detained in the United States. ”Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen shared the video saying she was calling for answers. “Plain clothes. No uniforms. No body cameras. No identification. ICE is continuing to act with impunity — instilling fear in our communities and scaring tourists, which hurts our tourism economy,” she said.