Family of Cynthia Olivera reconsiders support for president after Ice detained her at green card interview

The family of a Canadian national who supported Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants say they are feeling betrayed after federal agents recently detained the woman in California while she interviewed for permanent US residency – and began working to expel her from the country.

“We feel totally blindsided,” Cynthia Olivera’s husband – US citizen and self-identified Trump voter Francisco Olivera – told the California news station KGTV. “I want my vote back.”

Cynthia Olivera, a 45-year-old mother of three US-born children, thus joined a growing list of examples contradicting the Trump administration’s claims that the immigration crackdown it has spearheaded since the president’s return to the Oval Office in January has prioritized targeting dangerous criminals.

Well, Canadian, obviously a commie with the healthcare etc

  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    supported Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants

    Just to be clear, they didn’t just support trump for “better economic policies” or “safety” or “freedom from the ‘radical left’”, but specifically supporting the mass deportations?

    🤣

    Edit:

    In 2024, toward the end of his presidency, Joe Biden’s administration granted her a permit allowing her to work legally in the US. She had also been navigating the process to obtain legal permanent US residency – colloquially referred to as a green card – for years.

    Nonetheless, instead of supporting the candidate Biden endorsed to succeed him, then vice-president Kamala Harris, Olivera’s husband supported Trump in November’s White House election. He told KGTV that Trump’s promises to deport criminals en masse – despite his own May 2024 conviction of felony falsification of business records – appealed to both Francisco and Cynthia. And, echoing other mixed immigration status families who have had members affected by Trump’s policies, the Oliveras did not believe she would be hurt by her lack of legal US residency.

    Plot hole, bad writing. Did D&D write this shit?

    Seriously, when I arrived in the US, the moment I was old enough to learn about politics, I was immediately supportative to the Democrats, not because I like them per se, but its out of self-perservation. Didn’t even think too hard about it. Doesn’t really take too much brain cells to know that supporting the party that’s more anti-immigrant, while yourself is an immigrant is a very stupid idea. I can’t believe these people exist. I feel like I’m in a simulation and this is just the creators of this reality trolling me.