It has been eight months since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Yamile Alcantu, and her partner of 20 years, Wayne DeMario, has been in a lot of pain.

It has been eight months since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Yamile Alcantu, and her partner of 20 years, Wayne DeMario, has been in a lot of pain.

  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
    37·
    2 months ago

    DeMario, the owner of Wayne’s Guitar World, said he and Alcantu were fierce Trump supporters and never imagined their nightmare.

    Conservative Derangement Syndrome: It’s only bad if it’s happening to me.

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
    6·
    2 months ago

    Some more details

    “I really thought this was just going to be something more organized, but it’s obviously not,” DeMario said about Trump’s deportations. “They just blanket everybody.”

    DeMario said Alcantu moved to the U.S. from Cuba 25 years ago through a Visa Lottery, a State Department program. They didn’t think her immigration status would be a problem, and he voted for Trump.

    DeMario said Alcantu had a minor run-in with the law during a traffic stop, and as a result of the case, she received a deportation order in 2008.

    “They go through her purse, and then they dump the purse out, and three Xanax pills fall out,” DeMario said.