I feel awful for the husband. He didn't do anything wrong, but his wife is insanely selfish. She wanted to screw everyone else over, but only changed her mind once it directly hurt her. She would have been fine if it was anyone else's husband or wife or whatever, she probably would have been happy for it. 0 sympathy out of 10.
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Restaurant Owner To Be Deported - His Wife voted for Trump
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BassForever
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TBF he is an illegal immigrant, which to some people is the equivalent of being part of the 9/11 attack.
The funny part about this would be if people who work for the restaurant lost their jobs because of an illegal being deported. When you make blanket statements about Mexicans taking our jobs it ignores all the illegals who actually create them.
electroshockwave
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You tried this shtick in the Trump troubadour thread too. Keep fucking that chicken
firehawk12
Subete no aware
How do you accidentally cross the border in Niagara falls? Were there no checkpoints in the 90s?
ronaldthump
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Yeah, what did you expect.
DiipuSurotu
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Was he a Trump supporter?
Sho_Nuff82
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Part of the 3%. Which I imagine would have grown quite larger had the new health plan gone through.
Roberto Beristain is the owner of a popular restaurant in Granger called Eddies Steak Shed. His family says he came to the United States from Mexico City illegally in 1998. He later obtained documentation to work in the country and checked in with ICE each year.
It was during one of those check ins last month that ICE took Beristain into custody because of an incident in 2000. Roberto and his wife, Helen, were visiting Niagara Falls that year and accidentally crossed into Canada. Officers there detained Roberto when they realized he was in the U.S. illegally. Helen says a lawyer helped get Roberto out on bail, but he was told he had to voluntarily leave the country within a month.
It's all right here.
Frankly he should have been deported a long time ago if ICE bothered to check on this sooner. It hardly seems related to Trump.
It was during one of those check ins last month that ICE took Beristain into custody because of an incident in 2000. Roberto and his wife, Helen, were visiting Niagara Falls that year and accidentally crossed into Canada. Officers there detained Roberto when they realized he was in the U.S. illegally. Helen says a lawyer helped get Roberto out on bail, but he was told he had to voluntarily leave the country within a month.
It's all right here.
Frankly he should have been deported a long time ago if ICE bothered to check on this sooner. It hardly seems related to Trump.
Lil'DigiOp
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What if this was plan all along?
All that needs to be said. If she was reading this article about someone else she would have most likely assumed they deserved it....because she assumed everyone on the list deserved it. Now here eyes are opened to how these cases are actually handled, and deserves the results
ICE checks in on him every year. The policy was to not deport. Something changed with ICE policy this year.
Rainbow bridge stretches between the US and Canada. It has a footpath. Once you cross the middle you are in another country, but the checkpoints are on the end. It was definitely less of a problem pre 9/11 to cross over. I had a coworker who accidentally walked into Canada while trying to get a view of the falls from the bridge.
I'm with you on this. Maybe she wanted her husband to be deported hence she voted Trump.
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No this is becoming a theme now with Trump as president. These people are checking in, as they have done for years, and now they are being detained. If Trump wasn't president then they wouldn't have been. It's that simple. And yes I know, he was told to leave! We get it, they shouldn't be here anyway. Go back to Mexico.
If she expected Trump to not deport good people, then perhaps she should've realized that was already for the most part the status quo and Trump wouldn't have needed to make fighting illegal immigration THE top issue of his campaign. I mean, there were other red flags too, being that Trump and his senior advisors are racist and xenophobic, but I guess that didn't fit into the feel-good message she was looking for.
Ploid 3.0
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It's amazing how people are so easily convinced other races, maybe even their own are so bad. All it take is a little selective coverage and the ball starts to roll from there. Mexican people like other groups, are usually some of the nicest people you'll meet. Immigrants are as well, everyone, but because of examples of bad apples which get exaggerated by ill intentioned politicians you suddenly clutch your purse when you walk past a unfamiliar race student that likes comfortable clothes.
So imagine the countless good people that are being deported for a few example of possible bad ones. It's all stupid, congratulations on throwing out good kind people due to fear.
So imagine the countless good people that are being deported for a few example of possible bad ones. It's all stupid, congratulations on throwing out good kind people due to fear.
CarpeDeezNutz
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I became a US citizen when I turned 14, Mexican born. My wife is a white American woman, I would be absolutely baffled if she had voted for Trump.
The dinner conversations at that house like wtf and dude was in the US illegally?!
The dinner conversations at that house like wtf and dude was in the US illegally?!
The Greek Freak
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This is why checking in with ICE is a horrible idea with Trump in office.
People in general are idiots.
"Well I didn't mean the Mexicans I like!"
People in general are idiots.
"Well I didn't mean the Mexicans I like!"
It's a good question. I don't know if they did or not, I think that since Trump has said any undocumented with a criminal background should be deported, they are just having a free for all since they know they won't get any pushback.
I tend to agree. It's time for these people that have any kind of record, even if just caught before, to stop checking in with ICE. Your best bet is to lay low and hope they don't come for you because checking in is just handing yourself over willingly. But do what you think is best, in the end of the day, either way is a risk.
madstarr12
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Ehh, one voter means nothing in a majority-deplorable state.
FinaruDensetsu
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Haha she still can only muster up a "i wish i didn't vote at all".
I hope the guy realizes that her love for him comes tertiary after hating Democrats and loving Republicans.
I mean....yeah. Sorry, try again next time I guess.
FinaruDensetsu
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Better to have a husband deported than vote for a Democrat.
Mighty Chin
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Oh Well
Some people are deluded beyond belief.
Captin Quacker
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Wait is this legal?
That's some brand loyalty. Got to give it to the Republicans on that one.
You mean all Republicans outside of the 1%
And they did this knowing his specific case had some national media attention. They don't care.
AlexFlame116
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I have no sympathy for the wife at the moment. But I feel horrible for the husband. He didn't want any of this at all and not only did his wife vote for Trump, he also got deported with some extremely shady methods from the ICE in my opinion.
Yep, like I said before, it's like killing a witness before they have a chance to testify.
It's legal if you're ICE.
Holy shit. I take it back. Somehow this imbecile got even stupider after this experience.
NOLA_Gaffer
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Been in the country since 1998 and didn't go through the necessary process to become a legitimate citizen? Why?
Raylan Targaryen
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It's scary how people are willing to dedicate their life to someone else's cause.
Because it's not as easy as signing a checkbox that says "Check here if you want to be a citizen".
NeOak
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The wife could have sponsored him years ago to get the residency at least. But that would have required him to leave the US first and then start the paperwork while he is outside.
http://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo...et-green-card-marriage-citizen-resident.html#
That and the fact that an undocumented citizen going to the immigration office may wind up, you know, getting deported, was probably somewhat of a deterrent as well.
Just going out on a limb there.
Because employers hired him and benefited from his cheap labor for decades.
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