A band has a minimum of briefly misplaced one in every of its members after ICE laid down the legislation yesterday, however not earlier than the members tried to pitch a sob story, and a compliant media helped help their trigger.
As a number of outlets have reported, Lord Buffalo, an Austin, Texas based mostly rock band launched an announcement on Facebook asserting that their drummer, Yamal Stated, was “forcefully eliminated” from their flight to Europe on Monday by Customs and Border Patrol officers. The aircraft was departing from Dallas/Fort Value Worldwide Airport.
Attributable to this, they stated their tour has been cancelled.
“We’re heartbroken to announce we now have to cancel our upcoming European tour,” the band wrote. “Our drummer, Yamal Stated, who’s a Mexican citizen and lawful everlasting resident of the USA (inexperienced card holder) was forcibly faraway from our flight to Europe by Customs and Border Patrol at Dallas/Fort Value Worldwide Airport on Monday Might 12.”
“He has not been launched, and we now have been unable to contact him,” they added. “We’re at the moment working with an immigration lawyer to search out out extra info and to try to safe his launch.”
“We’re hopeful that this can be a short-term setback and that it could possibly be secure for us to reschedule this tour sooner or later.”
The band later posted an replace stating that they’d secured authorized illustration for Stated however reiterated that they’d no clue why he had been taken into custody to start with.
The liberal media fortunately went together with the narrative that an overzealous ICE had cruelly detained a hard-working immigrant. For instance, right here is how the far-left The Austin Chronicle spun the story.
And KVUE:
Nevertheless, it seems that the Trump Administration had a very good cause for taking Stated away. The DHS famous on their X web page, after the story went viral, that Stated was a Mexican nationwide with a sordid file.
Stated had a warrant out for his arrest after violating a restraining order twice. He has since been turned over to native legislation enforcement.
Yamal Stated is a Mexican nationwide and lawful U.S. everlasting resident. Stated had a warrant for his arrest after violating a restraining order a minimum of TWICE. If you happen to come to our nation and break our legal guidelines, you can be arrested.
When he was trying to depart the U.S., he was… pic.twitter.com/y6lg3hDycR
— Homeland Safety (@DHSgov) May 15, 2025
KUT Information obtained on-line jail data, which confirmed the DHS’s revelations.
This immediate response from Group Trump harkens again to final month, after they efficiently blew up the Kilmar Abrego Garcia “Maryland Man” narrative. We not solely have an administration with the correct concepts but in addition with top-notch communication expertise.
