Posted on 09/02/2025 6:50:30 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A Missouri veteran says he “100 percent” regrets voting for President Donald Trump after his British-born wife, a longtime green card holder, was detained by federal agents and now faces deportation.
Donna Hughes-Brown, 59, was stopped by officers at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on July 29 after returning from a holiday in Ireland. She spent five days in custody in Chicago before being transferred to a detention facility in Campbell County, Kentucky, where she remains while removal proceedings play out.
Hughes-Brown’s husband, James Brown, said he believed he was voting to remove “criminal illegal immigrants,” not trap law-abiding residents with decades in the country. He now blames Trump’s crackdown for ensnaring his wife over what he described as a minor misdemeanor from 2015 that was resolved years ago. The couple’s case has ricocheted across social media as an example of how aggressive enforcement is sweeping up legal permanent residents for old or low-level infractions.
The Department of Homeland Security, without commenting on the specifics of Hughes-Brown’s record, confirmed the broader policy: lawful permanent residents who present at a U.S. port of entry with certain criminal convictions can be found inadmissible, placed into removal proceedings, and held under mandatory detention. That stance aligns with federal immigration law, which permits detention of noncitizens pending proceedings and requires detention for specified criminal grounds. Recent changes have widened who gets held without bond.
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What was the “minor misdemeanor”?
Maybe she should have obeyed the law.
And I’ve got $5 that says the husband ratted her out because he’s sick of her ****.
Any takers?
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No one is above the law.
Umm. Never mind.
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied!
I’d say Laz but I wouldnt 2ant to speak for him.
My question is; it she has been here ***37*** damm years, why is she NOT A U.S. citizen???
This may be an instance of malicious compliance to embarrass Trump.”
Something doesn’t feel right about this story
Try getting into Canada with a misdemeanor on your record. Things need to get sorted out by laws
I thought no one was above the law. Wouldn’t it have been smart for her to have become a US Citizen somewhere over 37 year s. I bet there is more to this story.
Sounds like he doesn’t understand what his congress-critter is for.
Also, this MAY be an instance of malicious compliance.
All she had to do was act within the law. Now it’s coming back to bite her in the butt. Her husband has no reason to complain.
The “go fund me” they started says she wrote a bad check in 2015. Usually the business who received that check will contact you to correct it before it proceeds to a legal matter. So I assume there is probably alot more to the story.
Gaslight Media
Let him move to England, she never wanted to be an American anyway.
That is bizarre. As an anecdotal case, my grandmother (who had poor English even though she came here in 1956) didn’t want to apply for citizenship because she didn’t think she could pass the test. She remained a green-card holder until she died.
(and before any DU lurkers think about targeting me, I was born in the Commonwealth of Virginia with a US citizen parent).
Bingo
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