Clean up? I suspect that will be JD Vance’s inauguration day.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM
A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House
No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991.
Originally posted by ledvm: Clean up? I suspect that will be JD Vance’s inauguration day.
By then, Vance may have had his fill of it, too. Time will tell...
His fill? What’s not to like?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM
A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House
No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991.
Originally posted by ledvm: Clean up? I suspect that will be JD Vance’s inauguration day.
By then, Vance may have had his fill of it, too. Time will tell...
His fill? What’s not to like?
So arresting firefighters at the scene of a blaze is OK? I guess TX doesn’t have wildfires.
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No, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did not arrest firefighters who were staging site near the active Bear Gulch Fire in Washington's Olympic National Forest. These individuals were not directly engaged in firefighting at the moment of arrest but were part of crews providing support, such as cutting logs into firewood for the local community, about a mile from the fire line. The arrests stemmed from an identity verification request by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) after it terminated contracts with two private firefighting firms (Table Rock Forestry Inc. and ASI Arden Solutions Inc.) due to an unrelated criminal investigation into discrepancies in their rosters. Of the 44 workers checked, two Mexican nationals were found to be in the U.S. illegally (one with a prior removal order) and were detained on charges of illegal entry and re-entry; the remaining 42 were escorted off federal land.
Federal officials emphasized that the operation did not interrupt active firefighting efforts, as the crews were not on the fire line, and the Bear Gulch Fire (which has burned nearly 9,000 acres since July 6 and was 13% contained as of August 30) continued to be managed by over 400 personnel without delay. This incident has drawn widespread criticism from Democratic lawmakers like Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, Sen. Patty Murray, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who called it "cruel," "immoral," and "dangerous," arguing it undermines wildfire response amid staffing shortages and the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement policies, which rescinded Biden-era protections against operations at disaster sites. Firefighting advocates, including the Grassroots Wildland Firefighters nonprofit, expressed concerns that such actions could deter immigrant workers (many on H-2B visas) from joining crews, exacerbating labor shortages in the industry. One of the detained workers is an Oregon resident represented by the Innovation Law Lab, which claims the arrest violated Homeland Security policies and has been unable to locate him since.
The event has sparked misinformation on social media, including false claims that the workers were Native American firefighters or that arrests occurred mid-firefighting, but reporting confirms they were contracted support staff from Mexico. As of August 31, 2025, the two remain in ICE custody at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, with Rep. Emily Randall reporting she was denied access during a visit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM
A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House
No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991.
