trump voter ashamed to be American after daughter in law deported

[Demovictory9]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/398616-trump-voter-says-she-is-ashamed-to-be-american-after-ice-deports-her


A Missouri woman who voted for President Trump now says she is “ashamed” to be an American after her daughter-in-law, a Mexican immigrant who had been in the U.S. for nearly 20 years, was deported.

Shirley Stegall told the Associated Press that while she supported Trump’s campaign promises to deport more criminal immigrants, she did not think her son’s wife, Letty, fell into that category.

“I’ve always been proud to be an American,” Stegall said. “But now I’m ashamed.”


Letty Stegall came illegally to the U.S. in 1999 and was living with her husband, Shirley's son, and a 17-year-old daughter from an earlier marriage.

Letty Stegall was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in February, six years after a misdemeanor drunken driving charge, for which she spent a month in jail, alerted authorities to her undocumented status.

She was deported and forced to rejoin her family in Mexico.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. She should be ashamed to be a Trump voter, not an American.

[3catwoman3]

6. Pre-fucking-

-cisely.

[secondwind]

3. I don't understand the rationale of deporting

someone who has been in this country for decades. What is the point? What is gained by this? This man is a very sick individual.

[2naSalit]

5. So are the

ones doing this.

[JI7]

4. fuck her , NO sympathy for her. and if the daughter in law supported Trump no sympathy there either

[Jake Stern]

7. Shirley Stegall effectively signed her DIL's deportation order

when she filled in the arrow next to Trump's name.

[ffr]

8. The news story video on it.

Jerry Rosetti, sipping scotch and water near the box of letters to Stegall, doesn’t think she should have been targeted and calls the situation “a raw deal.” But he still supports the president and still thinks illegal immigration is wrong.

“I would trade places with her in a minute,” he says. “She shouldn’t be in Mexico. She should be right here, right now.”

The dichotomy angers Steve. When someone balances compassion for his wife with support for Trump, he’s confounded.

“He’s destroying American lives,” Steve says of the president. “How can you do this? How can you do this to your own American people?” - AP

[leftofcool]

9. sorry lady, you were warned.

[RainCaster]

10. So cry me a river

I have the world's smallest guitar pick, can I play you a tune?

[RainCaster]

11. I too, am embarrassed that she is an American

Uh huh

[4now]

12. People make mistakes

That is how we learn.

[Fullduplexxx]

13. She has my Thoughts and prayers

There that should help

[Garrett78]

14. In other words, racism and xenophobia were just fine until it hurt her directly.

So, yeah, she should be ashamed.