Alphapuggle PieFedIrish woman with green card faces US deportation over $25 bad cheque
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/irish-w…
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/27987863
An Irish grandmother who has lived in the US for most of her life and holds a green card is facing deportation because she wrote a bad cheque for $25 in 2015.
Donna Hughes-Brown, 58, was detained in July after landing in Chicago on a flight from Dublin and is being held in isolation in a detention centre in Kentucky. She has lived in the US since 1977, has five children and grandchildren, and ran a horse farm in Troy, Missouri.
Her husband, Jim Brown, a US citizen and military veteran, told reporters his wife was not a criminal and that he “100%” regretted voting for Donald Trump as president.
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MushuChupacabraVoting Republican is a vote against fundamental human rights.
BigBenisThey know, they just think voting Republican makes them exempt from persecution
magnetosphereHe said she had been detained on a misdemeanour relating to a $25 cheque she signed a decade ago and for which she made restitution and received probation.
I work retail and can’t stand it when people write checks, but even I think deportation is a little much.
Brown, who served in the navy and marines for decades, said he had supported Trump’s promise to deport “criminal illegal immigrants” but that federal authorities were targeting other people to reach quotas.
“You look at the news, and they’re not telling the truth about what’s actually happening to a lot of legal immigrants. What’s bad is that Trump is so demeaning to people, and he’s so condescending and so retaliatory that people are afraid to say anything.”
Trump supporter shocked to find out that "the news" that told them to support trump isn't honest about trump...
Like, I think it's a safe bet that everyone who voted trump watches anything that doesn't just suck his nuts 24/7
Next Week, after watching OAN, Newsmax & Fox:
He gazed up at the enormous face. Eight years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath that orange bronzer. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two whiskey-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved The Trumpster.
Yeah, I thought these people shunned the mainstream media so much that they only got the rEal fUlL tRuThY TROOTH from Dear Leader on Truth Social and Fox News.
It's called TRUTH Social. It means he can't lie! Right?
donThat day you should’ve realized you were voting for? This is it. You’re having it.
Her husband, Jim Brown, a US citizen and military veteran, told reporters his wife was not a criminal and that he “100%” regretted voting for Donald Trump as president.
I hope she's released soon and starts divorce proceedings.
What is with the excessive backbending to always make white women the victim?
It's infantalizing and sexist.
She's a 58 year old adult woman who has been married for decades, but you think she was just too fucking stupid to realize her husband is an asshole till now?
Like, you just can't imagine a white woman living in America married to a trump supporter is also a racist piece of shit trump supporter?
55% of white women voted trump in 2025, more than a few understood what they were voting for
Hey now. At least he is one of the people who regret voting for him, some of the others didn't even do that.
I'm sure he'll still regret it and she can find a husband that actually gives a shit about her.
samus12345I guarantee you he would still vote for him again if there were no other R alternative.
Her husband, Jim Brown, a US citizen and military veteran, told reporters his wife was not a criminal and that he “100%” regretted voting for Donald Trump as president.
Fuck you, Jim Brown, you selfish, inhuman piece of shit. You were fine voting for fascism when you thought you'd benefit. Now that it affects you and you find out you're just as worthless to them as everyone else suddenly you have regrets.
There was a reporter talking to him. Does it occur to the reporters to dig deeper into the regret? Maybe point out that he was fine with this until it affected people he cared about? Maybe ask him if it would perhaps make sense to treat everyone like they are human beings instead of only the people in your family?
Chaotic Entropy"Do you regret this happening to other people at all, or just you?"
So yes dig deeper in that regret but do it with the right kind of questions. Because those are just self-gratification questions that won't get any real answer. Maybe ask him what he would tell his fellow Americans that voted for Trump.
See they are not racist, they do it to white people as well! /s
Her husband, Jim Brown, a US citizen and military veteran, told reporters his wife was not a criminal and that he “100%” regretted voting for Donald Trump as president.
Yeah, send them both off to Guantanamo or El Salvador, I don't give a shit. You voted trump? Enjoy the leopard face eating you slimey fucks
Honestly surprised since she's white and all
If you decide not to become a citizen and stay a green card holder for decades because you wish to return to the motherland one day don't be surprised when the government will help you fulfill those wishes. I don't get why many migrants across the world don't want to become a citizen of the country they've lived in for decades. Non-citizens are always the first victims the moment the country moves towards authoritarianism.
Taxes. If they want to move back after becoming a citizen they'll have to pay usa income tax for 10 years even if they renounce usa citizenship, or forever if they don't renounce.
I live in the Netherlands I know some migrants who have lived here most their lives and still haven’t naturalized. The tax thing doesn’t apply here we don’t have citizenship based taxes
Some countries make it really hard to give up citizenship. It took my husband 15 years, 3 lawyers and a lot of money. He started the process as soon as he turned 18 because he wanted citizenship of the country he lives in, but his country of birth did everything to slow down the process. Some countries also don't have a working beaurocracy.
Don't think that's the case for Ireland, but I know several stories like that.
I’m annoyed that they only regret their votes when it directly affects them negatively in a super clear and direct way. Otherwise they just continue their support besides the higher prices due to tariffs, the shit job market, etc.
He's probably vote for him again.
Well it DID really suck losing my wife, but owning the libs was just so sweet.
And yet it’s less infuriating than the people who are directly affected and still engage in cognitive dissonance in order to continue to believe that their vote was a good thing and that this is just the price they gotta pay to ensure “those people” don’t take advantage of them.
That's a key identifier of conservatives ... and stupid people but I repeat myself.
"I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative" - John Stuart Mill
And Cipolla
"A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses."
He voted for trump so fuck him. I do feel for the lady though.
Yeah, she's married to a guy that voted for Trump. That's gotta really suck for her.
Almost as much as the being tossed into a prison, for writing a bad check 10 years ago, that was already completely and totally dealt with in the eyes of the law but resurrected by an asshole, just to punish you and people like you so that they could feel better about themselves, after nearly 50 years of living in the country.
"Her husband, Jim Brown, a US citizen and military veteran, told reporters his wife was not a criminal and that he 100% regretted voting for Donald Trump as president."
You can't unvote for him now. Inform yourself before opening Pandora's box!
Bwahaha, 100% you regret it. You regret it so much you are gonna fall for the next trump scam next week already.
At this point if you have an immigrant in your family you should see this shit coming. Whinging about it isnt going to do anything. You can't change your vote. Either shoot the ICE agents or get out of the country before they get to you. And to be clear, I'm not really advocating for going up against a KKK juiced with a billion dollars.
Just to be clear, even a small check fraud is a "crime of moral turpitude" that allows a green card holder to be deported. There is a legal definition of "moral turpitude" that maybe doesn't match up with people's normal intuition.
Any presidential administration since 2015 could have legally started deportation proceedings against this woman. But only this current administration has actually done so.
You're regret is too late now buddy. We all have to live with your stupid decision.
Clearly a dangerous criminal that needs deporting..../s