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Wife of Trump Supporter Faces Deportation After 37 Years in U.S.
Inquisitr ^ | Sep 2, 2025 | Frank Yemi

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abovethelaw; deportation; donnahughesbrown; frankyemi; greencard; jamesbrown; msn; newpolicysobyebye; seeya; wellbye; winning

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This may be an instance of malicious compliance to embarrass Trump.
1 posted on 09/02/2025 6:50:30 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

What was the “minor misdemeanor”?


2 posted on 09/02/2025 6:52:12 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

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?

L


3 posted on 09/02/2025 6:54:16 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
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.

No one is above the law.

4 posted on 09/02/2025 6:54:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
“believed he was voting to remove “criminal illegal immigrants,”

Umm. Never mind.

5 posted on 09/02/2025 6:54:37 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied!


6 posted on 09/02/2025 6:54:50 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Lurker; Lazamataz

I’d say Laz but I wouldnt 2ant to speak for him.


7 posted on 09/02/2025 6:56:33 PM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

My question is; it she has been here ***37*** damm years, why is she NOT A U.S. citizen???


8 posted on 09/02/2025 6:58:20 PM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
4dmx8j
9 posted on 09/02/2025 6:58:38 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

This may be an instance of malicious compliance to embarrass Trump.”

Something doesn’t feel right about this story


10 posted on 09/02/2025 6:58:50 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Try getting into Canada with a misdemeanor on your record. Things need to get sorted out by laws


11 posted on 09/02/2025 6:59:51 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Freedom4US

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.


12 posted on 09/02/2025 7:00:08 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Sounds like he doesn’t understand what his congress-critter is for.

Also, this MAY be an instance of malicious compliance.


13 posted on 09/02/2025 7:00:15 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

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.


14 posted on 09/02/2025 7:00:22 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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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.


15 posted on 09/02/2025 7:01:52 PM PDT by mouse1
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To: iamgalt

Gaslight Media


16 posted on 09/02/2025 7:02:56 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Not a big deal, in 37 years, she never denounced her brittish citizenship.

Let him move to England, she never wanted to be an American anyway.

17 posted on 09/02/2025 7:04:25 PM PDT by Ikeon (As a white kid in the u.s.I was taught to do what i was told, WTH were black kids told? )
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To: Spacetrucker

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).


18 posted on 09/02/2025 7:06:15 PM PDT by Windcatcher
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To: Spacetrucker

Bingo


19 posted on 09/02/2025 7:07:49 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: cnsmom
I have an misdemeanor driving while impaired from forty years ago. I live about fifteen minutes from the border with Canada. They won't let me in. Their laws, their prerogative...
20 posted on 09/02/2025 7:08:45 PM PDT by fhayek
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