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douglas9

(5,685 posts)
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 07:47 AM 7 hrs ago

Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart

A Ukrainian dad escaped Vladimir Putin’s drone and missile attacks back home only to be grabbed by a band of ICE stooges in a Walmart parking lot in Minneapolis.

“I hoped I would find peace in America. I’ve done everything the government required, I don’t understand why I am behind bars,” Dmytro Kulyk told the Daily Beast from the Kandiyohi County Jail in Willmar, Minnesota.

The 39-year-old father was getting a pickup order at a Walmart in Maple Grove when he found himself surrounded by immigration agents last month. He’d been working as a delivery driver to make ends meet, while also supporting his family by doing roofing work.

Kulyk legally entered the U.S. in late 2023 along with his wife, 38, and daughter, who’s now 5. The family was sponsored by U.S. citizens as part of the Uniting 4 Ukraine program, a humanitarian program set up in April 2022 to allow Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war to live and work in the U.S. on “parole.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice-goons-seize-dad-who-fled-ukraine-war-at-walmart/

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Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart (Original Post) douglas9 7 hrs ago OP
This cannot stand. There needs to be a reckoning soon. Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago #1
Abolish ICE RazorbackExpat 7 hrs ago #2
Abolish the Department of Homeland Security Norbert 6 hrs ago #6
Had Condi, George, and Dick done their jobs The Blue Flower 4 hrs ago #9
The worst of the worst. Yeah right n/t Cheezoholic 6 hrs ago #3
Do these goons even understand what "documented" means? PatSeg 6 hrs ago #4
They're monsters MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #5
The next administration needs to fire every agent Johonny 5 hrs ago #7
It appears that... GiqueCee 5 hrs ago #8
He fled the Ukraine War murielm99 4 hrs ago #10
Maga's heinous behavior is starting to be reported. Mr. Mustard 2023 4 hrs ago #11
There's an Ukraine war at Walmart? Is to on sale? Martin68 3 hrs ago #12

Joinfortmill

(20,553 posts)
1. This cannot stand. There needs to be a reckoning soon.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 08:00 AM
7 hrs ago

If we can't turn this around in the midterms, I fear things will only get worse. As for the Republican Party, they are forever tainted with the stench of Trump.

PatSeg

(52,675 posts)
4. Do these goons even understand what "documented" means?
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:15 AM
6 hrs ago

It seems that most of the immigrants who have been detained ARE documented.

Johonny

(25,803 posts)
7. The next administration needs to fire every agent
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:21 AM
5 hrs ago

Rebuild ICE from the ground up. Cancel the pension of any agent found to involved in illegal activity.

GiqueCee

(3,674 posts)
8. It appears that...
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:38 AM
5 hrs ago

... people are forgetting that Project 2025, the product of Russell Vought's poisonous mind, specifically recommended terrorizing the populace to frighten them into compliance. Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and Tom Homan have implemented the diseased policies of Project 2025, and gleefully amplified the malice and savagery by giving the psychopaths they've hired to do the wetwork free rein to inflict as much damage and physical harm as their sick and twisted little hearts desire. But these evil bastards are going to pay, from the top down, and they're going to pay dearly. They have shown no mercy, and they shall receive none. They are rotten right down to their DNA. It is not possible to rehabilitate a psychopath; you can only contain them, or exact the ultimate punishment. The murderers deserve the latter.

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