"Voting for him ruined us." FAFO and our friend the leopard says, BURP. [View all]
“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.
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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
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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.
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