Border Patrol arrest two firefighters battling a wildfire in Washington State

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Two firefighters were reportedly arrested by border patrol agents while fighting the Bear Gulch fire in Washington State.

Federal agents were on the scene checking the identities of contractor crews hired to battle the fire.

Firefighters spoke anonymously to local media about the incident.

“You risked your life out here to save the community,” one firefighter told The Seattle Times. “This is how they treat us.”

“Why the two firefighters were arrested is unclear,” The Seattle Times reported. “But a spokesperson for the Incident Management Team leading the firefighting response said the team was ‘aware of a Border Patrol operation on the fire,’ that it was not interfering with the firefighting response and referred reporters to the Border Patrol station in Port Angeles.”

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In a FaceTime video call from the other firefighter to The Seattle Times, firefighters in their gear were seen sitting on logs in front of federal officers. Some firefighters were dismissed back to their vehicles.

One firefighter attempted to walk over to his company vehicle to get something to drink and appeared to have been called back by federal officers.

In images shared by firefighters from the scene, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is parked nearby. Officers wearing “Police” vests are seen arresting a firefighter, while another appears to be restrained.

One firefighter claimed he was denied a chance to say goodbye to his crew members who were allegedly detained.

“I asked them if his (family) can say goodbye to him because they’re family, and they’re just ripping them away,” the firefighter told the Times. “And this is what he said: ‘You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I’m gonna make you leave.’”

While leftists raged over the arrests, others reminded that it’s a new day under the Trump administration.

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