Immigrant BU student claims credit for ICE raid on car wash workers
Zac Segal, the president of the Boston University College Republicans, bragged that he called ICE on a local car wash and cheered when agents hauled workers away, all in the name of saving American jobs. He even posted that he had been calling the feds for months, the college republicans’ version of community service.
“I’ve been calling ICE for months on end. This week they finally responded to my request to detain these criminals,” Segal posted to his account on X. “As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I’ve seen how American jobs are being given away to those with no right to be here. Pump up the numbers!”
According to the Boston University athletics website, Segal was born in London and received schooling in the United Kingdom.
Todd Pomerleau, the attorney who represents the nine detainees, says Segal can exercise his 1st amendment rights in the United States, but says he finds his arguments ironic.
“He’s talking about how the jobs are being taken by nine people working at a car wash — well, he’s taking up a college student’s seat who’s from America by his same rationale,” Pomerleau said.
Segal’s critics did not need to look far for the punch line. The bigoted student was born in London and took a seat at an American university while scolding immigrants for taking opportunities that he argues belong to others. A lawyer for the workers called it perfect symmetry and a ridiculous self-own.
Initial reporting, iirc, said that at least some of the workers were not undocumented.
Pretty sure the USofA has a storied history re: entitled English sods telling us what to do.