I happened upon what turned out to be an ICE raid in the small town of Cottonwood Arizona. Some 25 or so personnel dressed in military fatigues have descended onto the streets of this small town and blocked the main thoroughfare. They are arresting and hauling off moms, a guy's sister and a man who all work at a small family-run diner. I bet you never thought this type of thing would come to small-town America but here it is.
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Sure, I don't know what's going on here.
We're having a police action, sir.
You're in the backstop right now.
It's unsafe for you to be here.
Okay, sure.
So, I don't know what's happening here.
Does anybody know what's happening right now?
ICE.
They're deporting immigrants right now.
My sister's an immigrant, but I was born here.
I was raised here, so I'm only 25.
I was born here in Conwood all my life.
This is the first time I've ever seen this type of stuff happen here.
These are the real monsters in our country right now.
These are the real monsters covering their faces.
If they were proud, they wouldn't be covering their faces.
Okay, so we have an ICE raid that's come to Conwood, Arizona.
Yeah, we're in Conwood, Arizona right now.
This little town right here is being inundated by these guys right here.
So, this is what's going on.
It's coming to small-town America now.
It's coming to other states.
You thought it was coming to California?
Well, you're wrong.
What can you say about this?
I don't have ---- to say.
It's sick.
News, I came here to record these ******* people instead of me.
Show what they're ******* doing instead of recording me, okay?
Okay, I already got you.
Get to it.
Show all of it.
I'm going to get more of them.
Show all of it.
I am.
I am going to get these guys.
This country hates you.
Not assaulting us.
Yeah, apparently they're raiding the Colt Grill,
which is a little town, you know, family little grill right here.
Fun little restaurant.
I've eaten there myself.
And we've just got this whole street blocked off here.
So, this is what's going on, America.
I never thought it was coming to this little town,
but apparently it's all here right now.
And they've even blocked the entire street off just to make this happen.
So, this was certainly a surprise for me.
Well, it seems like they could be doing better work elsewhere,
like maybe the Texas floods.
You know, anything could be actually more purposeful than this, honestly.
Anything could be more purposeful than this.
I've served my country.
This is bullshit.
You're not serving your country doing this.
You're terrorizing a small town.
And we love our immigrants here.
They're going to arrest moms.
They're going to arrest moms?
Service workers in there.
Yeah, my sister's not even a criminal.
She went to Mingus here.
She grew up here, and they're treating her like a criminal right now.
So, this is somebody that grew up here.
Is a citizen?
Yeah, my sister.
She went to school here.
She lived here.
She's older than I am, so she's been here longer than I have.
I just happen to be lucky, and my parents brought me here early,
and I was born here, and now I'm a citizen.
But my sister isn't.
That's the downside of it.
But she knows perfect English.
She knows more English than I do, to be honest.
This is her home.
Right.
So, these are people that grew up in this country?
Yes.
Here in the Verde Valley.
Right here.
Exactly here in the Verde Valley.
They grew up right here.
And they're basically storming in and arresting these people.
Doing their job.
Making our food.
Doing our dishes.
Real tough guys here.
Real tough guys.
Yeah, I mean, it's really hitting now, isn't it?
And, you know, there's other places in this country where these guys are going to come.
So, just be ready, America, because you never know who they're going to round up or for what reason.
We've got a little crowd here.
Sleep at night, but it's going to get harder for you.
All right, this seems like a bit of overkill having, you know, I don't know how many guys,
maybe 20 guys to go in and arrest and detain, what, two or three moms?
Yeah.
Is that right?
That's about right.
Two or three moms.
So, you've got a whole military crew going in to arrest a couple of moms.
That sounds like a waste of resources to me.
Well, I would bet there are people out there that think, you know, there's some people that think this is a good thing,
but there are some people that think this is an extravagant waste of taxpayer money.
Absolutely.
All right, so was this all necessary?
Let me know in the comments what you guys think.
I just report the news, but you guys tell me what you guys think.
Is this appropriate or is this not?
Is this going over the top, you know, closing off an entire street, bringing in a whole military brigade, guys with guns?
So, they're arresting a guy right now.
I just saw him.
They're going to put him in the vehicle.
Shame on you!
You're doing this to her!
Okay, so it appears they've arrested someone.
We don't know where they're taking them exactly.
So, they're detaining your sister right now?
Yeah, I just got my sister detained right now.
Don't know why exactly right now.
I'm guessing because she's an immigrant.
But she's been working here at this Coat Grill for about like 10 years now.
And I've been living here for 25 years here in the Verde Valley.
Never seen this happen ever in my life.
Do you know who they took?
Well, I know a couple people here because I used to work here during my high school times.
And once I started working here during my high school times, my sister started working there too.
But she never left it.
I left and started doing construction here in the Verde Valley.
I've been doing construction in the Verde Valley for 6 years now.
Is your sister still working there?
Yeah, she's detained right now. She's sitting over there.
But she knows perfect English.
She went to high school here. She went to CES here.
It's crazy.
Do you know who else they're detaining right now?
No, I don't. But I've seen them working here.
They're all good people.
They all say hi to you every time you come in.
They're really nice people, make good food.
It's just crazy and it's wrong.
Somebody from the press here.
I don't.
Do we know who that guy is they were detaining, who they arrested?
No, I do not know.
Okay, so now they're putting up more police lines here.
You know, they're pretty much roping up the whole street.
Hi.
How are you?
Good. What's your purpose of being here today?
We're executing a federal search warrant.
Okay. Can you tell me more about that?
No. It's sealed.
This is a copy of the warrant. The warrant is sealed.
And I'm not allowed to tell you by law because the warrant is sealed.
Okay.
You guys can sit here.
Nobody minds you guys being here. It's your right to be here.
It's not a problem at all. I'm happy to answer questions.
Yeah, so I would just suggest get some water if you're going to be here a while.
Stay in the shade so you don't overheat.
And just enjoy yourself.
Okay. Who issued the warrant?
A federal judge.
A federal judge. In where?
In the state of Arizona.
Okay.
All right. Thank you.
You're welcome. Appreciate that.
...causing stress and trouble.
Old women coming out to see their husbands being detained, passing out right here.
It's unbelievable.
So they were arresting a guy.
Yeah.
And the wife...
The lady, the wife that was right here...
She fainted?
She fainted.
Right here?
Right here.
They just took her into the ambulance.
Oh, that's why the ambulance is there.
Yeah.
Okay.
Wow.
Yeah.
Really, really doing good for our community right now.
So I bet you thought they'd never come to small-town America.
Well, they are.
And they might be coming to your town soon.
So just be aware that there seems to be nothing really to stop them.
I hope you learned a thing or two today because this is what's going on right now.
Again, not good Arizona.
And they might be coming for you next.
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Until next time, this is Rob Copper.
I'll see you.