Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

KPN

(16,908 posts)

18. Not necessarily. This team is an interagency team out of California.

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #10)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 05:11 PM

Sep 3

The IC for the team (Cal Team 7) is full time employed by a local fire agency in CA, not a federal agency as are many of the incident mgmt team members.

Your point is well taken re: federal employees fulfilling the requirements placed on them by their superiors however.

What is concerning to me about this is private contractors provide much of the hand crew workforce and these crews have increasingly been made up of hispanic fire fighters over the past 20 to 30 years in particular.

Didn’t Trump establish exceptions for immigrants working in the hotel resort industry?

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

23 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Holy @$#%!!! Remember when ICE thugs arrested firefighters recently? [View all] Takket Sep 3 OP

Dim-witted commanders think racist immigration enforcement more important than saving homes & lives Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #1

awfully hard to maintain trust when the people who work for you think you are trying to get them arrested Takket Sep 3 #2

These are people working for the DOI or USDA fighting forest fires. Including the commanders. maxsolomon Sep 3 #10

Okay. "should" and "likely" address different aspects. Do you know where the fire will end when it goes out? . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #11

It's not going out until the rain and snow put it out - November. maxsolomon Sep 3 #12

Not necessarily. This team is an interagency team out of California. KPN Sep 3 #18

One of my daughters lives at the edge of that park. nt Trueblue Texan Thursday #23

I sense that government agencies KT2000 Sep 3 #3

If that is true, they are all rats Nigrum Cattus Sep 3 #4

HCN High Country News rated highly for Factual Reporting Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #6

Well, well. How very Soviet. Hekate Sep 3 #5

This was also reported in the Seattle Times pfitz59 Sep 3 #7

What do you mean, "a more reputable source?" chia Sep 3 #8

Excerpt from Seattle Times - thanks for mentioning this erronis Sep 3 #9

While most firefighters I've met are generally live and let live types... haele Sep 3 #13

I think this "outing" is going on everywhere. Otherwise ICE would spend 99% of their time Bengus81 Sep 3 #14

Why aren't these "commanders" being fired for hiring undocumented immigrants? sop Sep 3 #15

Not surprised. Law enforcement and firefighters usually are MAGA Blue Full Moon Sep 3 #16

Yup, even in California, firefighters and cops are majority MAGA. SunSeeker Sep 3 #19

Is there an equivalent of "fragging" in firefighting? tonekat Sep 3 #17

Sickening. Every time I think I can't get more pissed, I learn about more skullduggery. Joinfortmill Sep 3 #20

I knew something was up when the Fire crew spokesperson insisted the arrest did not impede their firefighting efforts... SunSeeker Sep 3 #21

This IS the Deep State. BurnDoubt Thursday #22