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Wisconsin resident Bradley Bartell voted for Trump's promise to crack down on "criminal illegal immigrants," but now his Peruvian wife Camila Muñoz has been detained by ICE.

Muñoz, from Peru, overstayed her visa but had applied for legal residency. On their way home from a honeymoon, immigration agents detained her at a Puerto Rico airport.

Despite no criminal record, she remains in a Louisiana detention center. Her case reflects ICE’s broadened enforcement that now includes documented immigrants.

Bartell, once supportive of stricter immigration policies, now questions the impact on families like his own.

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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 129 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (20 children)

Hold the fuck up, she was already OVERSTAYING her Visa and these idiots thought it was a good idea to TRAVEL? Nah they both got what they fucking deserved. It doesn't matter that you're awaiting your residency application, you have already passed your exit date, why the fuck would you be traveling for your honeymoon

Edit: I'm literally standing in the airport awaiting my fiance's return from Mexico right now, this shit makes all the people who actually read their paperwork and follow the rules, look bad when they get lumped in with these idiots.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Apparently she got stuck in the States when all the borders were closed during the pandemic, which seems pretty reasonable grounds for overstaying.

But - she didn't leave when the borders re-opened. She had fallen in love and at some point she filed paperwork to normalize her status - though they're pretty coy about when they filled the papers, so I suspect that was done after the borders re-opened and she should have left.

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I'm also going to point out what I haven't seen in any of the comments so far which is that, with ICE being pressured to increase the number of deportations, they're opting to go for low-hanging fruit. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean raiding places that they've known for decades are hiring illegal immigrants, arresting and prosecuting and imprisoning the owners and managers.

It does mean that they're hanging out at at least some airports, and it sounds like they're running passenger lists ahead of time (because they knew exactly who to approach). I mean, why to go the trouble of driving out to some farm or factory in the middle of nowhere, trying to chase down people who know the area better than you ever will, when you can sit at a comfy air-conditioned desk and only bother to get up when the computer lets you know that your "target" is trying to check in for their flight?

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[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nobody deserves to be punished for arbitrary political boundaries.

That being said, it's satisfying to see the people supporting those boundaries get punished by them.

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[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 134 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I honestly believe these idiots that voted for Trump somehow thought that they would be immune to his policies. He doesn't give a fuck about you.

[–] marzhall@lemmy.world 99 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For sure. It's the classic:

Tweet that says, "I never thought the leopards would eat my face" says woman who voted for the leopards eating people's faces party

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I know it’s been getting a lot of mileage on Lemmy lately, but:

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

  • Wilholt’s Law

He figured he was in the first group, and since conservatives tend to think women are property, he figured her being with him put her in that group too. Whoops.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 141 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I pity Madam but I have little sympathy for Sir.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I have little sympathy for Madame. She travelled ~~out of the country~~ to Puerto Rico for her honeymoon, knowing she overstayed on her visa. Given what had happened in the weeks leading up to them leaving the US last week, she really should have not gotten on that plane.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The reason I sympathize with Madam is the same reason I sympathize with most migrants: they're not doing it to hurt the country they migrate to, they're trying to have a shot at a better life. I totally get what you're saying but that doesn't make her a bad person.

Sir however is a dumbass: he did the very thing the guy he voted for said he would crack down on and now he's bitching and moaning... Well ya know, faces, leopards and all that.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 day ago

The money the couple saved for a down payment on a home has evaporated into attorneys fees and savings to pay a bond for her release, if she's given that chance.

There's a silver lining to this. Think about all the high quality white collar jobs (lawyers) that this is supporting. Way to stimulate the economy, Trumpers! /s

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why would you do that to your own wife?

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago

Cheaper than a divorce? /s

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 88 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Muñoz, from Peru, overstayed her visa ... Bartell, once supportive of stricter immigration policies, ...

"Supportive of stricter immigration policies," doesn't turn in his wife for violating existing immigration policies.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 47 points 1 day ago

"I got mine", he thought.

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago

Well, that was stupid wasn’t it

[–] chrischryse@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

Me when I read stories like this

FAFO vote for a clown don't complain it's turning into a crazy circus

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

HA HA HA! The dipshits Bradley and Camila found out. The article indicates Camila was flown to a privately run detention center in fucking Louisiana, WTF, GITMO was closer. Are the fuckers at DOGE checking how much the shit is costing US taxpayers?

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Have to go to a private detention center so that Drumphs mates who own the centers, can profit as mightily as possible.

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The more I see stories like this, the more I wonder if Americans can make it out of this hole they've dug. The average inhabitant seems... rather lacking, compared to other developed countries.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I disagree. People are dumb. Pick a country and I'm sure I can find shitty takes reported in the news. Hell, look at Brexit

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[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can't wrap my head around how people don't think the rules will apply to them

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 6 points 19 hours ago

They're voting for people who regularly avoid the consequences of their actions. They think that they'll receive the same special treatment.

[–] xye@lemm.ee 5 points 20 hours ago

IMO, people think this way because they’re trying to do the right thing, but the nebulous others are not. Deporting those others would make it faster and more acceptable for themselves to be approved. Clearing the queue and getting a glow up, for a ridiculous analogy. Fear leads to irrational choices. Telling people they’ll be 1000% more patriotic if you vote for them is an evil but successful tactic pandering to this fear.

[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 3 points 18 hours ago

Boo hoo. Boo hoo. FAFO MAGAtard.

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