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

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    Haven’t seen this posted in a while. I forgot you can delegate your vote to different people for different issues. How is the “category” of an issue decided though?

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        Then the delegator has to vote/delegate on every issue-- they don’t need expertise themselves like in a direct democracy, but it is still an issue due to sheer vote volume.

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          Yeah pretty much. You trust your guy until you change your mind or feel that you need to change your vote. Not really seeing a problem with that.