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

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/27987863

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.

Donna Hughes-Brown, 58, was detained in July after landing in Chicago on a flight from Dublin and is being held in isolation in a detention centre in Kentucky. She has lived in the US since 1977, has five children and grandchildren, and ran a horse farm in Troy, Missouri.

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.

    • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Yeah, she’s married to a guy that voted for Trump. That’s gotta really suck for her.

      Almost as much as the being tossed into a prison, for writing a bad check 10 years ago, that was already completely and totally dealt with in the eyes of the law but resurrected by an asshole, just to punish you and people like you so that they could feel better about themselves, after nearly 50 years of living in the country.