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The family of a Canadian national who supported Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants say they are feeling betrayed after federal agents recently detained the woman in California while she interviewed for permanent US residency – and began working to expel her from the country.

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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It appears that they got what they voted for. If they voted Democrat then they can justifiably be pissed off but for everyone else, Trump said he was going in hard and that’s what he is doing.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

(Not you, them)

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

The packet should be dumping out little faces lmao

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Would it be ethical to call ICE on people whose spouse is an immigrant (legal or not) or even just brown skinned when they themselves voted for Donald? Could this lead to enough face eating they might actually revise their views?

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There have been others in similar situations (Trump supporters whose spouses were ~~kidnapped~~ "arrested" by ICE), and they still claimed to support him so I don't think it's going to help. These idiots are conditioned to be sycophants to bullies from early on in their childhood, and on some deeply subconscious level they're just trying to guess what they have to do to please the head bully in their lives in order to have any chance of getting what they want for themselves.

That's why it's so irrational - what passes for their "thinking processes" are actually those of a wildly panicking child just trying to come up with whatever they can that will help them escape the wrath of their tormentor. It's all so ingrained since their youth that they've long since forgotten why they "think" the way they do. So they continue kissing Trump's ass in the hopes it'll molify him enough let them be.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not ethical. The people being harmed are people who had no say in the process. The better option would be to sponsor the spouse, find a place they can stay safe from ICE, and get them clear from their captor.

Anyone who voted for trump a 3rd time is so far out of touch with reality that there is no coming back. It's a cult, and it would take a lot of specialists to deprogram them all at this point.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like I need to study to become a deprogramming specialist.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

No, you dont vote for Trump becase he's the best person to run the country and take the nation foward by trying to unite it, you don't ever vote for a Repiblocan if you're an immigrant. You voted for him becase you're stupid, gullible, bigoted or some combination, or you're entitled and filthy rich.

If that is you, theb logic and critical thinking aren't even part of your political thought process and that won't change

"I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative" - John Stuart Mill

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In 2024, toward the end of his presidency, Joe Biden’s administration granted her a permit allowing her to work legally in the US. She had also been navigating the process to obtain legal permanent US residency, colloquially referred to as a green card, for years.

Nonetheless, instead of supporting the candidate Biden endorsed to succeed him, then vice-president Kamala Harris, Olivera’s husband supported Trump in last November’s White House election. He told KGTV that Trump’s promises to deport criminals en masse – despite his own May 2024 conviction of felony falsification of business records – appealed to both Francisco and Cynthia. And, echoing other mixed immigration status families who have had members affected by Trump’s policies, the Oliveras did not believe she would be hurt by her lack of legal US residency.

They learned she would in fact be affected by her immigration status when she went for a green card interview in Chatsworth, California, on 13 June. She was detained there by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents, according to a change.org petition pleading for compassion on behalf of Cynthia.

Olivera has since been transferred to an Ice detention center in El Paso, Texas, to await being deported.

Speaking to KGTV over a video call from the El Paso facility, Olivera suggested her treatment was undeserved.

Good riddance.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Since she supported Trump too, yes. She's lucky they're going to deport her rather than keep her in the concentration camp.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

On today's episode of "Leopards ate my Face:"

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago