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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother Trump voter loses their spouse to Trump's deportation machine
https://www.rangemedia.co/yakima-valley-farmworker-self-deports/On early January, Flor Sánchez departed from her Yakima Valley home in Sunnyside, leaving behind her husband and then six-year-old son both U.S. citizens to self-deport to Sinaloa, Mexico.
For 12 years, she worked in the fruit orchards of central Washington, one of thousands of undocumented men and women who remain a vital part of the labor force in a region that produces most of the nations apples.
Sánchez, 41, had hoped to gain legal residency in the United States. But after speaking with attorneys she learned that was unlikely due to two illegal border crossings she made into the United States that created a big hurdle under federal immigration law.
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That law required Sánchez to leave the United States for 10 years before applying for legal status.
Thats when I started crying, Sánchez recalls.
Ramos was angry, blaming the Biden Administration. He was a U.S. citizen, and still his wife could not be assured of a life in this country even as - under Biden more than 5.8 million immigrants entered to apply for asylum or under programs such as humanitarian parole that granted temporary legal status.
In the 2024 election, he cast his ballot for Trump.
I was just really angry at the time, Ramos said.
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
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fujiyamasan
(2,237 posts)1. Well that's another level of stupid
She crosses the border illegally twice and then her husband votes for the guy that campaigned on mass deportations.
Either theyre both a special type of stupid or he was basically trying to get her to leave the country. Holy shit.
LisaL
(48,260 posts)3. Yep, some brilliant logic there on his part.
He voted for the guy who promised mass deportation, so what did he think was going to happen to his wife?
ColoringFool
(1,530 posts)2. That's a shame. [tm Seinfeld]
LilElf70
(1,759 posts)4. The con man comes thru again
What did he say a while back? I'm pretty sure it was "I like stupid people?" Now we see why.
The toopid was pretty strong is this instance. Everyone knows, ya can't fix toopid.
Old Crank
(7,484 posts)5. He should follow his wife.