Irish woman with green card faces US deportation over $25 bad cheque

[multivita-man]

Irish woman with green card faces US deportation over $25 bad cheque

Donna Hughes-Brown, who has lived in US since 1977 and wrote cheque a decade ago, being held in isolation by Ice

www.theguardian.com

Donna Hughes-Brown, who has lived in US since 1977 and wrote cheque a decade ago, being held in isolation by Ice

How rich is the irony when you consider the Chief Executive of the United States who is directing all of this is a 34-time felon? Life in Land of the Free (or something).

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.

But, but...I thought they came for the brown people!!! I mean, "First they came for the brown people" - it was supposed to stop there, right?! What the hell?! Just what the hell kinda country am I livin in where votin has consequences?!

We need like a running MAGA voter schadenfreude thread or something lol.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

No doubt Righties will find excuses for this one:​

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.

 

[dmpi]

Luck of the Irish.

 

[Napoleon]

So the argument is she should be above the law because why?

 

[reinaert]

Once you understand that this is a pirate raid, all the Trumpy decisions make sense. Deporting this woman is just one more move in the attempt to turn the US into a distressed asset.

 

[reinaert]

So the argument is she should be above the law because why?

We're all sure you unfailingly use your turn signal in according with the law.

 

[Irredentist]

So the argument is she should be above the law because why?

Of course not; her husband is a Trump supporter!

Deport her ass.

 

[multivita-man]

So the argument is she should be above the law because why?

That's not the argument. Try to keep up.

 

[venice_ca]

How rich is the irony when you consider the Chief Executive of the United States who is directing all of this is a 34-time felon? Life in Land of the Free (or something).

You would think that an administration headed by a man with multiple bankruptcies would have a little compassion for a woman with a $25 bounced check.

 

[CaughtInThe]

So the argument is she should be above the law because why?

Trump is

 

[ColdHardTruth]

So the argument is she should be above the law because why?

The whole incident was probably accidental anyway.

Sometimes this sort of thing happens.

She is not a criminal and the ICE gestapo and Der Führer Dumpytits need to leave her alone.

 

[multivita-man]

You would think that an administration headed by a man with multiple bankruptcies would have a little compassion for a woman with a $25 bounced check.

Right, I mean he bounced businesses!

 

[Loulit01]

Deport Melania.

 

[Napoleon]

That's not the argument. Try to keep up.

Then you agree that in committing a crime she violated the terms of her green card and should be deported under the law.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

Then you agree that in committing a crime she violated the terms of her green card and should be deported under the law.

She didn't commit a crime.

That is shameful bullshit and you should stop.

 

[Napoleon]

She didn't commit a crime.

Yes she did. From the article:

“He 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.”

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

So the argument is she should be above the law because why?

No doubt Righties will find excuses for this one: ​

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.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

for which she made restitution and received probation.”

Hmmmmmmmmmm, so the crime is no longer on the books? And ummmmmmmmm, green card holders are not illegals.

 

[Napoleon]

Hmmmmmmmmmm, so the crime is no longer on the books? And ummmmmmmmm, green card holders are not illegals.

Green cards come with conditions. You can’t commit crimes - including misdemeanors.

 

[multivita-man]

Then you agree that in committing a crime she violated the terms of her green card

She might have.

and should be deported under the law.

Why should she? The law isn't so ironclad - unless an administration wants to make it so. I don't know the circumstances of the offense, but let's assume she wrote one hot check, taking merchandise out of a store while knowing she didn't have the funds. Okay, I guess that's fraud/shoplifting, but we're talking about $25. It's not grand larceny.

But that aside, that's not the argument I'm even having. I'm arguing that if someone voted for Trump and is married to a green card or visa holder, particularly one whose name might appear in some law enforcement database, then they're just catastrophically stupid, and on some level, they deserve what's coming to them. I do feel sorry for the wifey, though. She made a mistake a long time ago and presumably paid her debt to society. The husband, on the other hand, was a participant in a movement to get his own wife deported. I hope he thinks about that long and hard while his wife spends time in solitary, eating bread off a tray in some privately-run shithole detention center, waiting to be deported back to Ireland.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

Green cards come with conditions. You can’t commit crimes - including misdemeanors.

Your own rebuttal says she made restitution so the crime is NO longer on the books.
BUT since you enjoy gloating about this situation, I hope you enjoy this too............

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 know some Righties are so incredibly small-minded they can't see beyond the tip of their noses, but please continue to target the wives of military veterans who voted for Trump. The old saying "be careful what you wish for" might apply.

 

[Napoleon]

Your own rebuttal says she made restitution so the crime is NO longer on the books.

Of course it’s still on the books. She committed check fraud and was sentenced to restitution and probation.

 

[madman]

Of course it’s still on the books. She committed check fraud and was sentenced to restitution and probation.

Guys, ignore Nap. He's trolling. I mean, no one is this ignorant

 

[Jezcoe]

Man…. I sure do feel safer.

 

[Ishm]

Maybe she is one of those "Black Irish"? Trump said to deport her black arse!!!