"Voting for him ruined us." FAFO and our friend the leopard says, BURP.

[Botany]

“Voting for him ruined us” — Pro-Trump husband panics as his British wife is forced toward deportation despite 40 years of legal resident.

The husband of an Irish green card-holder being held in immigration detention is openly criticizing President Donald Trump’s immigration drive — despite having backed Trump when he last voted.

“It’s crazy that this is happening. It’s just crazy that this is even allowed in this country. That’s the problem. It shouldn’t even be thought that this should be OK,” Jim Brown said in an interview with Fox affiliate KMOV, expressing disbelief at what his family is facing. Brown’s wife, Donna Hughes-Brown, originally from Ireland, came to the U.S. at age 11. They have been married for eight years, he said.

Snip

KMOV reviewed court records showing that Hughes-Brown wrote a $25 bad check nearly ten years ago, for which she repaid the amount and completed probation. Yet, Brown said the government argued her

Snip

Brown said he has attempted to contact his Republican representatives — Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley — as well as ICE and the White House, but none have replied. Missouri’s Republican governor, Mike Kehoe, sent Brown a note saying the matter was a “federal issue.” “I want somebody to have the guts and the fortitude to stand up and say, ‘You know what? This is wrong,’” Brown insisted.

He told Newsweek at the end of last month that he now “100 percent” regrets casting his ballot for Trump. “Trump advertised that he was getting criminal illegal immigrants and deporting them, which I don’t disagree with. But that’s not what he’s doing,” Brown said.

[gab13by13]

1. Hey stupid,

Looks like the guy you voted for considers your wife a criminal, she did commit a crime.

[marble falls]

8. There's crime and there is crime. Jay walking is a crime, too. So's armed robbery.

[rurallib]

32. So is accepting bribes as a president

[marble falls]

55. My point is her making a bad $25.00 check and making good on it quickly and satisfying all legal concerns ...

... TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago doesn't make her any kind of a criminal.

[rurallib]

59. I know and I thought I was adding to your comparison

what trump is doing is about as bad as it gets

Sorry.

[marble falls]

60. Sorry, my fault. For some reason lately the mention of the Orange Shitgibbon has not been making angry. ..

.. it's making me yugely irate. Trust me, I am not normally "that guy".

[tinrobot]

40. And yet, dismembering a journalist gets you a state dinner.

[marble falls]

56. I guess next time she needs to sign that check with Khoshogi's blood! It's time to eat the rich.

[IL Dem]

2. Link? n/t

[marble falls]

5. Easy enough to search ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-deportation-donna-hughes-brown-grandmother-b2824030.html

https://www.visaverge.com/news/irish-green-card-holder-faces-deportation-over-25-check-after-decades/

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/09/10/ice-places-irish-grandmother-and-green-card-holder-in-us-isolation-cell-over-25-cheque/

[Prairie Gates]

13. It's customary to provide a link to one's own story

regardless of the ease of search.

It was a fair request.

[marble falls]

17. There are ways to ask for it and ways not to ask for it. Personally I search for links and secondary links when ...

... I read most posts. We aren't in English class or middle school, we are a social setting discussing not a debate society.

I think asking is preferable to challenging and building a gotcha.

?si=PDliQrgzBXigEAg_

[Prairie Gates]

20. Wait: "Link? n/t" is building a gotcha?

I'm so confused!

:

[dalton99a]

25. +1. A minor state misdemeanor can be reclassified as a crime of moral turpitude by immigration authorities

https://www.visaverge.com/news/irish-green-card-holder-faces-deportation-over-25-check-after-decades/

[Botany]

9. Sorry

Botany =

https://wtfdetective.blog/cant-defend-him-trump-husband-wife-deportation-decades/

[marble falls]

3. He's doing what he was allowed to by assholes like Mr Brown. Only makes a statement after his ox is gored. ...

... I pray she stays, but he brought it down on himself. How concerned was he when he when he learned this was happening to others before it happened to him and his?

Adults play around with conservatism like it's just a social club.

[Iris]

4. Leopard is definitely looking a little Chonky

[marble falls]

6. TACO has made sure the pickins is good.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. Another Trump supporter was deported to Africa..a Cuban qith so many crimes that Cuba wonr take him

He was an undocumented Cuban who loved Trump. Trump deported him to Africa

[PJMcK]

10. Sorry, I don't care

I knew what you were voting for so why didn’t you?

Sucker. I have no empathy if you voted for Trump.

[LearnedHand]

11. I'm very sorry they're facing this, but did they not believe TSF when he SAID HE WOULD DO THIS?

My heart breaks for the people facing this abusive, horrible situation, but for all the gods’ sakes when someone tells you who they are and what they’re going to do, BELIEVE THEM.

[Srkdqltr]

12. After 40 years why didn't she get citizenship?

[Prairie Gates]

14. To come here as a child and not get citizenship is, I agree, a little strange

There are plenty of people who come to the US as adults, especially if they have a US spouse, and don't want to get US citizenship. It's been perfectly ordinary to spend 30 or 40 or 50 years here on a green card - again, especially for spouses of US citizens. It was not a targeted category of people as it seems to be under the Miller-Trump regime.

I will also note that this couple was a little naive. It sounds to me like she was arrested for the bad check, which suggests that it was deliberate in the eyes of the prosecutor (they don't really arrest you for simply messing up your checkbook). It was serious enough for her to get probation, despite the attempt to downplay it. I'd bet if you look into that incident, it's more than a $25 mistaken overdraft and probably has some elements of consistent fraud. For them not to grasp that this arrest and conviction would be an issue in Trump 2 was very poor judgment.

[efhmc]

21. Had a friend who came here as a teen and did not get citizenship until she was in her 70's. She said while her

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parent(s) were still alive in her native country she would not do it. She finally did. Luckily it was before the evil one. Wanted to add that she did not vote for him, nor did her naturalized husband.

[Lucky Luciano]

38. My Japanese wife has been here 25 years.

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Japan doesn’t allow dual citizenship and she doesn’t want to give that up. It’s a better passport than ours.

[agingdem]

15. So sick of Trump voters whining

“we didn’t vote for this!”...don’t give me that horse shit ..they knew exactly why they voted for a revenge-fueled psychopath.. he wasn’t a black woman and he hated the people they hated…black people/brown people/gay people/trans people/drag queens people/disabled people/poor people/elderly people/smart people/libs people..

I can only imagine the self-satisfying joy they experienced watching that deranged dung heap humiliate/demean/degrade the most vulnerable among us!..but here’s the best part.. those “we didn’t vote for this” remorseful Trump assholes got fucked big time!..thoughts and prayers

[patphil]

50. He hated the people they hated.

Exactly! I've been saying this for years. The true believers think God sent Trump to punish the people they want punished.
The problem is that Trump has placed a huge number of mean, angry, hate-filled, violent people around him. He did this to insure the that there would be maximum chaos, and maximum pain throughout the land.

Trump doesn't care about his base. They're his "useful idiots"; the ones who carry out his plan of destruction.
He'll settle for nothing less than the total destruction of our Constitutional Democratic Republic, and he moves further down that path each day.
There is no rule of law, only the rule of Trump. No one is safe in the land of Trump.

[agingdem]

58. There's hope..

the No Kings protests, the Democratic election blowout, the shutdown’s SNAP debacle/unpaid government workers resulted in tagging MAGA as cruel and inhumane.. and then there’s trump’s rambling verbal vomit and obvious mental decline..all of that has weakened the Republican Party, so much so that trump’s threats to primary turncoat members is less terrifying than losing their cushy jobs in 2026 because of voter dissatisfaction…

[mucholderthandirt]

63. But, they didn't vote for white people to get deported! It's just supposed to be those awful dark-skinned ones.

Seriously. They actually thought they'd be safe. It was only those "criminal" brown people, the ones who were doing bad stuff here, like picking your tomatoes so you could have salad. And the liberals were going to get arrested and made to work in the fields, so it wasn't going to hurt the farmers. Or the people with other low-skilled jobs, like factories and hotels (somebody has to clean those rooms!). Let's make the liberals dig the ditches, and run the sewage systems, and all those nasty things.

I don't feel sorry for any of these people. FAFO. For real.

[agingdem]

67. they also didn't count on

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generational farmers/ranchers going bust..car dealers going bust..homebuilders going bust..they heard their guy when he promised to punish their mutual enemies but turned a deaf ear to their guy's promised devastating tariffs....

I contend self-righteous white people didn't fuck around (FA..)..a woman/a black woman behind the Resolute Desk...NEVER!...but a cruel crude white racist egomaniacal psychopath...ABSOLUTELY!..

and suddenly the "we didn't vote for this" crowd is finding out (FO) their poop spewing savior hates them (sucker!!) as much, if not more, than those black and brown people he's deporting..

[UpInArms]

16. This part from their

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Gofuckme page is priceless

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-donnas-fight-for-justice-and-freedom

On July 29, 2025 while returning home from a visit to Ireland Jim Brown and Donna Hughes-Brown were met by a US Customs agent upon landing at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. The agent detained Donna for questioning saying she needed to sign some paperwork and telling Jim he could not go with her and that she would be put on the next flight to St. Louis. Jim proceeded to come home and wait for a phone call from Donna. When that phone call finally came it was to say that she was being detained- not arrested- and that it was going to possibly take a day or two to sort through the misunderstanding. Unbeknownst to Donna and her family at that time, was that this new Big Beautiful Bill Act law had passed. This law targets not only illegal immigrants but also the LEGAL immigrants who have been living here legally for decades. The Big Beautiful Bill Act states that any permanent resident alien (with a valid green card) or anyone with a valid work/humanitarian/investing (or whichever) visa, that has had any minor infraction on their record (including speeding tickets or other minor misdemeanor traffic violations), are subjected to being “detained” until they are given a court date for potential bond release. After that, a following court date will be scheduled to discuss possible deportation.

They are from bowling green Missouri … in the middle of Sam graves district … a huge MAGAt

They will get no help

And I bet they voted for every single stupid republican who is ruining this state.

I have little sympathy for them because people like them are too stupid to understand how stupid they are …

Jim and Donna are both very strong supporters and helpers of our community. They are often involved with multiple volunteer organizations and projects. They both are hardworking, honest, and caring individuals. They are good servers of God; humble people who are always willing to help, and kind friends that shares knowledge and wisdom with anyone in need.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

22. And maybe, just maybe

this will be a wake up call to those who think this only happens to people of color.

[progressoid]

44. What was her "misdemeanor infraction"?

I know a someone who is here after marrying an American. The American passed away. Now he's retired here. He has children and grandchildren here. And he's a conservative. I bet a million bucks he doesn't know about this part:

This law targets not only illegal immigrants but also the LEGAL immigrants who have been living here legally for decades. The Big Beautiful Bill Act states that any permanent resident alien (with a valid green card) or anyone with a valid work/humanitarian/investing (or whichever) visa, that has had any minor infraction on their record (including speeding tickets or other minor misdemeanor traffic violations), are subjected to being “detained” until they are given a court date for potential bond release. After that, a following court date will be scheduled to discuss possible deportation.

He thinks the deportations only applies to "other" people. Thanks for posting this. I'm going to bookmark it just in case it comes up at Thanksgiving.

[Cherrycheeks]

64. Many of these same people ..

Will write to Trump begging and telling him how much they love him and will still vote for the senators and Congress peoplewho,voted for the Big bullshit bill.

Stupid asses!

[Ritabert]

18. Why is she not a citizen after 47 years in the US on a green card?

[Hope22]

24. She has a country and moved here because of someone she loved..

..at least that is what happened in our family. She didn’t want to change her nationality. It doesn’t mean she wasn’t a responsible community member, volunteer, mother and support to her husband and family. I’m sure there are several million of people like her that our country will toss aside and destroy their families in the process. These we will toss out. The rest of us are prisoners here……… forever…

[BeerBarrelPolka]

26. She came here when she was 11

[Ritabert]

27. But she was allowed to be a dual citizen. She could keep her Irish citizenship.

[meadowlander]

57. The filing fee is $760 and it's a lot of paperwork.

If she had basically all the benefits of citizenship on her green card that mattered to her and didn't envisage this scenario coming up, she might have just not bothered. People have other things to do in their lives.

I haven't gone through the US immigration system but my experience with New Zealand immigration is that they want all kinds of crap at every stage and everything has to be within the correct date range at the same time or it expires and you have to start over. I had to have police certificates from every country I had ever lived in saying I'd never committed any crimes there which couldn't be more than a year or two old. This included China which didn't have an online way to order or pay for this certificate and send it overseas, would not accept an application from an agent, and took six weeks to process the request, so I had to literally go back to China for six weeks to apply for it in person. This because my original certificate was six months out of date and New Zealand Immigration would not accept proof that I have been living in New Zealand continuously during the gap so could not physically have been committing crimes in China during that time period. Plus I had to give them up to date medical certificates, proof of employment and having enough funds to support myself, two other forms of valid ID, character witnesses, etc.

I've been a permanent resident in New Zealand for 15 years and never bothered to go for citizenship. The only things I could do with citizenship that I can't do as a permanent resident are run for elected office, compete on the New Zealand Olympic team and travel on a New Zealand passport which are all pretty remote possibilities - although the last one might tip me over eventually depending on how septic my US passport gets overseas. That or the prospect of no longer having to file tax returns in the US despite not having lived or worked there for 20 years.

I'm friends with a gay couple who adopted their babies using surrogates in the US and despite neither of the kids living in the US past the age of a few weeks old, they are are going to have to file tax returns for the rest of their lives regardless of whether they owe anything or not unless they renounce US citizenship. So who knows, it could be a tax thing.

And as an Irish American I just can't bring myself to swear an oath to bear faithful and true allegiance to the British Crown. Plus I think I may actually have a bit of PTSD, since dealing with New Zealand Immigration the first four times (for student, work, residence and then permanent residence visas) was such a hassle coinciding with one of the worst times of my life. I don't think you can discount the level of stress around those processes and the lasting impact it can have on people that may make them just not want to deal with it again if they don't have to.

You spend months if not years having completely uprooted your life and handed it over to a faceless bureaucracy and if any of the thousand of things that could go wrong does go wrong the stakes are you end up broke, homeless, unemployed and back in a country you probably had pretty good reasons for leaving in the first place.

But anyway, there's any number of reasons why someone who has achieved permanent residence in a country might never bother to take the final step. And none of them excuse deporting her for having written a bad check a decade ago.

[kerouac2]

19. B b b but she's white... How can this happen in the u.s. of a??

Prob thought it didn't apply to good people like she obviously is when you look at her.

He now regrets 100% huh? Not so much when he saw other wives being abducted by ice I bet.

Zero sympathy for this a$$hat or his wife

[joshdawg]

23. Beautiful photo of a magnificent leopard!

Thnx for the photo!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. The Leopard Eating Face Party is growing

Link to tweet

[Botany]

51. Fat leopard A.I. pix.

[dalton99a]

29. Trump's sheep

[LuvLoogie]

30. Did he express any concern for the black, brown, and indigenous that are being rounded up?

[IbogaProject]

31. Sorry Ireland will get stuck with them

I soet of hooe he goes, but I can't wish that on the Irish, they have suffered enough over 800 years.

[Hotler]

33. Screw thier feelings. MAGA hasn't felt enough pain yet. More pain please. nt

[VMA131Marine]

34. Well I, for one, am certainly glad she's off our streets ...

One day she’s passing bad checks, the next she could be stiffing contractors for millions of dollars on work already performed and encouraging the invasion of the US Capitol.

…

I guess her husband will have to get used to the idea of living in Ireland. It’s quite nice this time of year.

If she’s been here legally for forty years on a green card she should have applied for citizenship years ago. De-naturalization is a far more difficult process than revoking a green card. Plus, you can keep your prior citizenship in most cases. I have dual UK and US citizenship and it makes life a lot easier traveling between the two countries.

[Johnny2X2X]

35. Bad at math

So Trump told this guy he would deport his wife, he just wasn't good enough at math to realize it. Trump said, "We're going to deport millions of criminal immigrants." Surely this idiot knew there aren't millions of immigrants who are murderers and rapists. His wife is a criminal and, she's being deported, this is what you voted for dude.

Or did you just think other families would be torn apart, but not your own because you hated the same people Republicans hate?

These two were probably celebrating seeing children ripped from their mother's arms on TV when it was happening to other families. Fuck them and fuck this guy.

[Fil1957]

36. It makes one wonder how many stories like this are out there that we never hear about. I'll bet this is just the tip of

the iceberg...

[SpankMe]

37. You know...fuck him

If he really voted for the Orange Asshole based on a single policy while ignoring the other 98% of manifest corruption end evil in evidence, then he deserves what he gets. At least the wife is being deported to a nice place where she doesn't face persecution. He can join her in Ireland or GB and have a good life...albeit with worse weather and worse food.

[Rebl2]

39. Wonder why

in those forty years she didn’t become a American citizen instead of being a green card holder all those years. I just don’t understand it. I guess FAFO.

[Old Crank]

41. Not a gang banger

Just how many are?

[Coventina]

42. Stories like this make my heart smile!

[Joinfortmill]

43. Trump has always shown us who he is. FAFO.

[republianmushroom]

45. Huh, have you learn something dude. ?

[ananda]

46. You know what is wrong, magat?

Thinking that that is OK for anybody,
just not you.

[w-mi-dem]

47. F' him

Seriously, screw this guy and his wife. This and worse has been happening all over and he wouldn't give a crap if it didn't happen to him.

[marble falls]

54. They certainly seem awfully casual about all the damage they've done to others. Only whining about themselves.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

62. Welcome to DU

[not fooled]

48. When I saw "Voting for him ruined us"

my first thought was "via which of the many possible ways?" Did he...

Bankrupt their business via tariffs?

Deport their workforce?

Fire them from Federal jobs or contracting?

Cause their healthcare costs to skyrocket?

Or any of a myriad of other ways he's destroying the nation and its citizens.


Turns out it's kicking the criminal wife out of the country. Which he told them before the election he would do.

TBH if they make it to Ireland they will be much better off than staying here watching as the oligarchy loots public services and assets in the USA.

[Dr. T]

49. Jim Brown has finally woken up to the truth.

I guess that makes him woke. Imagine someone saying that to his face.

[Maru Kitteh]

52. So he thought they wouldn't come for WHITE PEOPLE like his wife.

Womp, womp, RACIST.

[Scalded Nun]

53. Glad to see the pain where it needs to be. If you voted for Trump, you do not deserve this country

And it certainly does not need/want you.

[tinymontgomery]

61. "I want somebody to have the guts and the fortitude to stand up and say, 'You know what? This is wrong,'" Brown insisted

Millions were telling him, he just wouldn't listen because he hated the same people that trump does.

[ColoringFool]

65. There's Only One Response To Mr. Brown:

"BE QUIET. BE QUIET, PIGGY."

🤫 🐷

[Liberal In Texas]

66. Kind of an old story, but glad it's still out there.

[Iris]

68. That leopard gets fatter every time I see him!