Hughes-Brown’s husband of 8 years, Jim Brown, had the following to say about her detainment: “You don’t arrest 58-year-old grandmothers. It’s just wrong. She hasn’t committed crimes. You just don’t do that.”
Brown, a U.S. Navy veteran of 20 years’ service, has admitted to Newsweek that he voted for Donald Trump in last year’s presidential election but has quickly come to regret it “100 percent”.
Donna was detained over a bad check she wrote in 2015 for $25. She has since paid back the money, but has this misdemeanor on her record. For the Trump administration, that’s enough for her to be detained and possibly deported. We shall see in the coming days what happens to her over this, but I suspect she’ll be sent back home and not allowed into the US in the near future.
So, some Cuban’s currently living in Florida who voted for Donald Trump (along with other candidates on the conservative side of the ballot, I’m guessing) are now finding themselves facing deportation under the president’s massive ICE-raids push:
Some are being sent back because when they requested asylum, they said they were afraid to return to their home country. Only they later returned to Cuba, then came back to the US, and now ICE is saying they received their permanent residency status via fraudulent means. In other words, if one is scared to return to their home country, why are they then returning to said country, even if only temporarily?
Anyway, this is another case of FAFO hitting some people hard in the face. And I, for one, have no idea how this will turn out in the end for those who chose this road. All we can do is hold tight for the next 3.9 years and see where we end up as a country.
This one doesn’t need a lot of explanation. Just check out this screenshot (NOTE: click story link above for screenshot if it doesn’t show up on the front page for you):
And honestly, I feel bad for Rosa. But, she’s going to find out that the new administration doesn’t care who has been behaving. We shall see at some point in the not-too-distant future if I’m calling this one right.
More details are available via The Miami Herald, however, the link is hidden behind a (reasonably priced) paywall. So, should you want more specifics than are available in the Business Insider link above, be sure to support the news media and buy a subscription with The Miami Herald. From a section visible above the paywall:
“With 2,000 employees, it becomes very difficult to monitor it,’’ Gonzmart said in an interview. “We think they’re legal but, when we had to check, we found seven people who have been with me 30 years — paying taxes, had children, grandchildren — and we were required to terminate them.
Here is a case where someone got exactly what they voted for. That is, Gov. DeSantis has been clear about his intention to crack down on illegal immigration, expel illegal immigrants, and go after those who employ them. However, I feel that is unfortunate. While I understand we don’t want just wide open borders around the United States, it does seem that there could (should?) be some allowances for integrating those who have demonstrated a history of good citizenship and respect for the laws of the country (other than, of course, legal immigration requirements). I mean, it’s something conservative deity Pres. Reagan supported:
The Immigration Reform and Control Act did not address the status of children of undocumented migrants who were eligible for the amnesty program. In 1987, Reagan used his executive authority to legalize the status of minor children of parents granted amnesty under the immigration overhaul, announcing a blanket deferral of deportation for children under 18 who were living in a two-parent household with both parents legalizing or with a single parent who was legalizing. That action affected an estimated 100,000 families.
As well, it seems Pres. George W. Bush supported something along these lines. Now, to be fair, the proposed bill would have also allocated additional funding for vehicle barriers along the border, additional camera and radar towers, and 20,000 more Border Patrol agents. And it did fail to pass. But the intention was to increase border protection AND offer a path to legal citizenship for immigrants currently in the country illegally.
Illegal immigrants commit violent crimes in the US at a lower rate than native-born citizens.
hitting some people hard in the face. And I, for one, have no idea how this will turn out in the end for those who chose this road. All we can do is hold tight for the next 3.9 years and see where we end up as a country.
