Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

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"Anthony Van Nice, the owner of a local vineyard, first worked with [Moises] Sotelo in the mid-1990s when Van Nice was a “cellar rat” getting his start in the wine industry. He considers Sotelo a friend and said he was “disappointed and disgusted” by the arrest, and the government’s treatment of immigrants.

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"To just round them up like criminals and throw them into these overcrowded detention centers, send them packing without telling their family or attorneys where they are or where they’re going, it’s inhumane."

 

The Guardian

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ice-s-inhumane-arrest-of-well-known-vineyard-manager-shakes-oregon-wine-industry/ar-AA1H1wgV

 

According to the article, Sotelo is a fixture of local wine industry, having been awarded the Vineyard Excellence Award from the Oregon Wine Board in 2020, before later in 2024 starting his own small business maintaining vineyards.

 

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[NoDisplayName]

6 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

In the matter of Sotelo, the article says ICE alleged that he entered the U.S. illegally in 2006 and has a criminal DUI conviction from Oregon.

 

"Good guys in, bad guys out"

 

[Celsius]

Van Nice meet the Ice

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

17 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

"Good guys in, bad guys out"

 

 

 

"According to the article, Sotelo is a fixture of local wine industry, having been awarded the Vineyard Excellence Award from the Oregon Wine Board in 2020, before later in 2024 starting his own small business maintaining vineyards."

 

You seem to have a pretty odd definition of what constitutes a "bad guy."

 

 

 

 

[NoDisplayName]

18 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

You seem to have a pretty odd definition of what constitutes a "bad guy."

 

I've got a pretty good handle on this good guy/bad guy stuff.

 

"he entered the U.S. illegally" = bad

[blaze master]

1 hour ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

I've got a pretty good handle on this good guy/bad guy stuff.

 

"he entered the U.S. illegally" = bad

 

Its really that simple.

[save the frogs]

wine is just overpriced fermented grapes anyway.

 

just eat grapes for the resveratrol health benefits.

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

What was his crime, putting ICE in wine?

 

[wavodavo]

2 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

Its really that simple.

Yep....end of story.

[blaze master]

Just now, wavodavo said:

Yep....end of story.

 

I can be the nicest guy ever but Thailand would boot me in seconds if they found out i was there illegally for decades.

 

As you said....end of story. 

[HappyExpat57]

4 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

I've got a pretty good handle on this good guy/bad guy stuff.

 

"he entered the U.S. illegally" = bad

You intentionally left out the "alleged" part. This is turning into Germany 1939 all over again where people accused others of allegedly being bad.

 

NO ONE is in favor of keeping people in the country illegally. Everyone SHOULD support due process. I now understand how the brown shirts were so successful in 1939.

[Yagoda]

7 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

You intentionally left out the "alleged" part. This is turning into Germany 1939 all over again where people accused others of allegedly being bad.

 

NO ONE is in favor of keeping people in the country illegally. Everyone SHOULD support due process. I now understand how the brown shirts were so successful in 1939.

Your lying rhetoric comparing present times to the actions of National Socialist Sturmabteilung homosexual thugs is astonishing in its historical inaccuracy, but par for the course for someone that accuses everyone else of racism, etc, yet who boldly and proudly represents himself with a foul racist avatar disrespecting Native Americans.

 

 

[thesetat]

I got as far as Ices inhumane and knew the OP was biased. Then I saw it was from The Guardian and knew is was glorified to make a scandal.. If immigration sent ICE there then the man was most likely illegal and should have been arrested. Simple as that.. 

[NoDisplayName]

35 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

You intentionally left out the "alleged" part. This is turning into Germany 1939 all over again where people accused others of allegedly being bad.

 

NO ONE is in favor of keeping people in the country illegally. Everyone SHOULD support due process. I now understand how the brown shirts were so successful in 1939.

 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Moises Sotelo-Casas, a 54-year-old Newberg resident, in early June as part of routine immigration enforcement in Yamhill County. ICE has now confirmed that Sotelo-Casas, a Mexican citizen, was convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in Newberg, Oregon, and deported in 2006 after entering the United States illegally.

 

Under federal law (8 U.S.C. § 1326), reentry after deportation without U.S. Attorney General consent is a felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. Penalties can increase to 10 years or more if the individual was deported following multiple qualifying misdemeanors (e.g., involving drugs or crimes against persons) or a felony. ICE has not indicated whether Sotelo-Casas is eligible for legal relief or reentry, a process requiring formal authorization and rarely granted.

 

https://yamconews.com/2025/06/16/ice-detains-newberg-resident-revealing-previously-unknown-criminal-and-deportation-history/

 

Repeat offender.

Bad guys out...............again!

[blaze master]

4 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Moises Sotelo-Casas, a 54-year-old Newberg resident, in early June as part of routine immigration enforcement in Yamhill County. ICE has now confirmed that Sotelo-Casas, a Mexican citizen, was convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in Newberg, Oregon, and deported in 2006 after entering the United States illegally.

 

Under federal law (8 U.S.C. § 1326), reentry after deportation without U.S. Attorney General consent is a felony, punishable by up to two years in prison. Penalties can increase to 10 years or more if the individual was deported following multiple qualifying misdemeanors (e.g., involving drugs or crimes against persons) or a felony. ICE has not indicated whether Sotelo-Casas is eligible for legal relief or reentry, a process requiring formal authorization and rarely granted.

 

https://yamconews.com/2025/06/16/ice-detains-newberg-resident-revealing-previously-unknown-criminal-and-deportation-history/

 

Repeat offender.

Bad guys out...............again!

 

Did he come back the 2nd time illegally as well ? 

 

The irony of such a good man working at a winery and getting caught drunk driving. You cant make this shhhh up.

[NoDisplayName]

10 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Did he come back the 2nd time illegally as well ? 

 

"allegedly"

[blaze master]

17 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

"allegedly"

 

You won't get an honest reply from the poster either.

 

Hey shoot i was wrong my bad. He is a bad dude. Instead it will be some other song and dance.

[blaze master]

6 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

You seem to have a pretty odd definition of what constitutes a "bad guy."

 

Care to comment on his drunk driving chaege ? 

[JimHuaHin]

ICE = Trump's SS.

[Wrwest]

2 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

I can be the nicest guy ever but Thailand would boot me in seconds if they found out i was there illegally for decades.

 

As you said....end of story. 

Good to know that the USA and Thailand have the same country historical culture/law.