cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26925868

Summary

Wisconsin resident Bradley Bartell voted for Trump’s promise to crack down on “criminal illegal immigrants,” but now his Peruvian wife Camila Muñoz has been detained by ICE.

Muñoz, from Peru, overstayed her visa but had applied for legal residency. On their way home from a honeymoon, immigration agents detained her at a Puerto Rico airport.

Despite no criminal record, she remains in a Louisiana detention center. Her case reflects ICE’s broadened enforcement that now includes documented immigrants.

Bartell, once supportive of stricter immigration policies, now questions the impact on families like his own.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      If you want to break up, just file for divorce, no need to drag the fed govt into this

    • Skeezix@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      Think of how stupid the average conservative is then remember half of them are stupider than that.

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        17 hours ago

        Think of how stupid the average conservative is then remember half of them are just as stupid as the other half.

          • Synapse@lemmy.world
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            5 hours ago

            What kind of democracy would it be if roughly half the citizens would not be allowed to vote because deemed too stupid? And on what criteria to judge that?

            The problem has more to do with education and information (as in media), that many citizens are not being educated and informed to a level/quality allowing them to vote in their best interest.

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              5 hours ago

              Oh, I don’t disagree at all! I was making a joke, but seems like it fell through, lol

              • Synapse@lemmy.world
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                4 hours ago

                It’s hard to pickup sarcasm through text. Also, people have all kinds of opinions out here.

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      17 hours ago

      This is a fairly consistent through line with a lot of conservatives in general. It’s always about punishing others, even when they’re part of that same group, because they’re the “good” ones, as of that’ll make any sort of difference to law enforcement.

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      17 hours ago

      Apparently dumb enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico, which is US territory but outside the customs zone.

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      15 hours ago

      Did you read the article? It says they had an immigration application currently under review. That isn’t the same thing.

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        14 hours ago

        If you overstay, you are required to leave the country to apply. Just because they filed some paperwork doesn’t change that.

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          3 hours ago

          This is untrue. My wife overstayed her visa by a couple months by the time we applied for permanent residency. She was advised by a lawyer and immigration services themselves NOT to leave the country because her most recent entry was done legally and without the intent to stay for ever (student visa).

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    16 hours ago

    Who just casually overstays their visa and goes traveling? Overstaying your visa essentially guarantees you’ll never be able to renew your visa again in many countries, and is a personal fear of mine.

    The husband voted trump, but the wife is the bigger idiot.

    • db2@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Who just casually overstays their visa and goes traveling?

      Their pegging-loving hero fElon Mush.