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.

  • mkwt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Just to be clear, even a small check fraud is a “crime of moral turpitude” that allows a green card holder to be deported. There is a legal definition of “moral turpitude” that maybe doesn’t match up with people’s normal intuition.

    Any presidential administration since 2015 could have legally started deportation proceedings against this woman. But only this current administration has actually done so.