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mainer

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7. Filipinos make up many, if not most, cruise ship employees

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 10:44 AM

21 hrs ago

And those ships are largely staffed with foreign workers. Why were just the Filipino workers arrested? Why not the employees who were East European or Turkish or South American? Are they next?

This is insane. Cruise ships cannot operate without foreign workers. Maybe it's time for them to avoid any and all American ports.

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Legal Filipino Cruise Ship Workers Arrested in Virginia [View all] Pototan Yesterday OP

I can hear the ICE defense fujiyamasan Yesterday #1

"They folded a towel MurrayDelph 21 hrs ago #6

They can't make their 'deportation' numbers if they don't deport innocents. NotHardly 21 hrs ago #10

Must have been notorious gang members terrorizing the seas tulipsandroses Yesterday #2

When they are still on the ship Figarosmom Yesterday #3

As long as they are within US waters (12 nautical miles) Pototan Yesterday #4

That's not quite true. hunter 21 hrs ago #9

Desperate blubunyip Yesterday #5

Filipinos make up many, if not most, cruise ship employees mainer 21 hrs ago #7

ICE accused them of possessing child pornography dalton99a 21 hrs ago #8

I don't believe a word ICE says. yardwork 20 hrs ago #12

But authorities have no evidence mainer 20 hrs ago #14

If I were a cruise ship, I might think twice about docking usedtobedemgurl 21 hrs ago #11

That is going to complicate the business. yardwork 20 hrs ago #13

But you cannot operate a ship without a full crew. usedtobedemgurl 19 hrs ago #15

Exactly. And I suspect that a lot of cruise customers are Trumpsters. yardwork 19 hrs ago #16

Yup. usedtobedemgurl 19 hrs ago #17

Not so fast. mainer 19 hrs ago #18

You're probably right about Disney and Viking. yardwork 19 hrs ago #19

CBP evidence against one crew member: a photo of his own baby in the bath mainer 17 hrs ago #20

More commentary from another site: mainer 17 hrs ago #21