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(Adventures in FAFO) USA Detains Canadian Woman in A Camp - She Can't Come Home
The best quote of the following news channel's video interview is the following:
"I voted for change. I didn't vote for this change."--the husband
"I voted for change. I didn't vote for this change."--the husband
‘I am so desperate’: Canadian arrested by ICE at green card interview for being in the U.S. illegally
Husband of detained mother regrets voting for President Donald Trump
By: Austin Grabish
Posted 7:36 PM, Jul 03, 2025
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — It was supposed to be a major milestone in her life.
Cynthia Olivera wore black dress pants, flats and a blouse, arriving early to her June 13 green card interview in Chatsworth, Calif.
“The U.S. is my country. That's where I met my husband. That's where I went to high school, junior high, elementary. That’s where I had my kids,” Olivera, 45, said in a tearful video interview with Team 10 from an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas.
Olivera had waited years for the moment she could appear before an immigration officer and finalize her green card application.
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Both he and his wife supported Trump’s campaign promise to launch the largest deportation program for criminals in U.S. history, he said.
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https://www.10news.com/news/team-10/i-am-so-desperate-canadian-arrested-by-ice-at-green-card-interview-for-being-in-the-u-s-illegally
Husband of detained mother regrets voting for President Donald Trump
By: Austin Grabish
Posted 7:36 PM, Jul 03, 2025
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — It was supposed to be a major milestone in her life.
Cynthia Olivera wore black dress pants, flats and a blouse, arriving early to her June 13 green card interview in Chatsworth, Calif.
“The U.S. is my country. That's where I met my husband. That's where I went to high school, junior high, elementary. That’s where I had my kids,” Olivera, 45, said in a tearful video interview with Team 10 from an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas.
Olivera had waited years for the moment she could appear before an immigration officer and finalize her green card application.
...
Both he and his wife supported Trump’s campaign promise to launch the largest deportation program for criminals in U.S. history, he said.
...
https://www.10news.com/news/team-10/i-am-so-desperate-canadian-arrested-by-ice-at-green-card-interview-for-being-in-the-u-s-illegally
Do I really enjoy any of this Schadenfreude? No.
Do I want any of this draconian and heartless administration of the legal system by the Trump Administration? No.
Do I wish that these people who voted for Trump had not been so totally gullible, ill-informed, and unaware of what Trump is and would do to the country? Yes.
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