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douglas9

(4,358 posts)
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 01:30 PM Aug 2018

Iraq War Combat Vet's Wife Rips Into Trump As She's Deported After Begging Him For Help

Alejandra Juarez, the wife of an Iraq War combat veteran, was deported on Friday after a desperate effort to remain in the U.S.

After being notified of her deportation date by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and with few options left, Alejandra recently wrote a letter to President Donald Trump pleading with him to let her stay in the US. She hoped her husband’s war record might persuade the president to intervene.

But Alejandra’s calls for leniency have seemingly gone unanswered and she boarded a plane at Orlando International Airport on Friday morning bound for Mexico, where she’s originally from.

Prior to going through the security checkpoint at the airport on Friday, she offered a short message to Trump: “I hope this makes you happy,” she said. “May God forgive you.”


https://taskandpurpose.com/iraq-war-combat-veteran-wife-deported/

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johnp3907

(3,732 posts)
2. Trump won't help. We need to help each other!
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 01:36 PM
Aug 2018

I read in the Guardian that her husband voted for Trump. People are stabbing their loved ones in the back.

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
3. this is the woman taking her young daughter (US citizen) with her
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 01:38 PM
Aug 2018

but leaving her older daughter and husband here?

I can't imagine making that decision. I can't imagine their pain.

The husband apparently was a Trump supporter... but told his wife before "not to worry, Trump won't be targeting you"...

I have sympathy for the wife and small daughter... but not a lot for the husband.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief is pissing on a Marine family
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 01:42 PM
Aug 2018

and making plans to squander more of our taxpayer money on another luxury, gourmet golf goof-off for himself and his fatcat republican cronies.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. He didn't think Trump would be that cruel
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 01:50 PM
Aug 2018

Looks like he was wrong. I hope he learns from this experience, otherwise it would be a complete waste of a good lesson.

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