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Wisconsin resident Bradley Bartell voted for Trump’s promise to crack down on “criminal illegal immigrants,” but now his Peruvian wife Camila Muñoz has been detained by ICE.

Muñoz, from Peru, overstayed her visa but had applied for legal residency. On their way home from a honeymoon, immigration agents detained her at a Puerto Rico airport.

Despite no criminal record, she remains in a Louisiana detention center. Her case reflects ICE’s broadened enforcement that now includes documented immigrants.

Bartell, once supportive of stricter immigration policies, now questions the impact on families like his own.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Dumb motherfucker forgot that “criminal illegal immigrant” is redundant. If they’re illegal, they’re criminals, even if it’s overstaying their visa. Including his wife.

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      3 hours ago

      I don’t think this is correct, because I’m pretty sure that overstaying your visa is a civil violation, not a criminal offense. All criminal acts are illegal, but not all illegal acts are criminal.

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        25 minutes ago

        Correct. It’s a civil violation, and increases the risk of deportation. Normally foreigners overstaying a visit don’t immediately get deported.

        The overstay consequence is that it leads to a 3-year re-entry into the US ban if the overstay is under 1 year or 10-year re-entry ban if it’s over 1 year.

        Either way, this really sucks for the couple. They most likely won’t be able to have a life in the US anytime in the coming years.