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usedtobedemgurl

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15. But you cannot operate a ship without a full crew.

Reply to yardwork (Reply #13)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 12:02 PM

Jul 21

What if some of these folks are integral to the ship moving? Engineers and such. The ship does not have multiple stand-ins for every position. And if they are service people on the ship, customers will get impatient with different things.

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Legal Filipino Cruise Ship Workers Arrested in Virginia [View all] Pototan Jul 21 OP

I can hear the ICE defense fujiyamasan Jul 21 #1

"They folded a towel MurrayDelph Jul 21 #6

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

Must have been notorious gang members terrorizing the seas tulipsandroses Jul 21 #2

When they are still on the ship Figarosmom Jul 21 #3

As long as they are within US waters (12 nautical miles) Pototan Jul 21 #4

That's not quite true. hunter Jul 21 #9

Desperate blubunyip Jul 21 #5

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

ICE accused them of possessing child pornography dalton99a Jul 21 #8

I don't believe a word ICE says. yardwork Jul 21 #12

But authorities have no evidence mainer Jul 21 #14

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

That is going to complicate the business. yardwork Jul 21 #13

But you cannot operate a ship without a full crew. usedtobedemgurl Jul 21 #15

Exactly. And I suspect that a lot of cruise customers are Trumpsters. yardwork Jul 21 #16

Yup. usedtobedemgurl Jul 21 #17

Not so fast. mainer Jul 21 #18

You're probably right about Disney and Viking. yardwork Jul 21 #19

CBP evidence against one crew member: a photo of his own baby in the bath mainer Jul 21 #20

More commentary from another site: mainer Jul 21 #21