Trump supporter wrongly detained by Ice questions his support for president

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Source: The Guardian

A Virginia man who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents despite being an American citizen says he is reconsidering his support for Donald Trump in his triumphant 2024 presidential election campaign.

Jensy Machado, a naturalized US citizen, said he was in a car when he was stopped by Ice agents while on his way to work in Manassas, Virginia, where a large-scale immigration enforcement operation was recently taking place after Trump took office for a second time in January following repeated campaign promises of mass deportations.

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“I was a Trump supporter,” he said on Wednesday. “I voted for Trump last election, but, because I thought it was going to be like ... against criminals, not every Hispanic, Spanish-lookalike.”

According to Machado, the agents told him the name of a man who had a deportation order and had given Machado’s home address. He responded by telling the agents that man’s name wasn’t his – and offered to show them his Virginia driver’s license.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/trump-supporter-ice-detained

[displacedvermoter]

1. Dumbass....

[Ocelot II]

2. "I thought it was going to be ...against criminals, not every Hispanic, Spanish-lookalike."

🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆

[wolfie001]

11. Ka-Doink!!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Dupe

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143412838

[Wonder Why]

4. Deport him and every MAGAt.

[Norrrm]

5. Congratulations! You got what you wanted, Trump in the WH.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Isn't wonderful when the person you voted for

does exactly what they promised?

I guess lots of overweight middle aged white men will now be doing their own yardwork.

[Ray Bruns]

7. Stupid Trump supporter finds out he's not white. Film at eleven.

[drmeow]

8. FAFO

Trump supporter gets exactly what he deserves! Zero sympathy.

[SSJVegeta]

9. Can you honestly think of anything stupider than voting for Trump?

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The only other thing would be being okay with an open firehose of virtually non existent and ineffectual campaign finance laws with billions put into disinformation campaigns endlessly pressuring people to make exhaustively stupid decisions -like voting for Trump.

[usonian]

10. NOT WHITE? YOU CHOSE POORLY!

[Xipe Totec]

12. Pendejo. nt

[eggplant]

13. I never thought the leopard would eat *my* face...

[Omaha Steve]

14. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING

DUPE of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143412838

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