Trump voters lament deportation of their neighbor

[TomCADem]

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Source: The Hill

A Sunday “60 Minutes” report detailed the story of Roberto Beristain, an immigrant deported to Mexico after being in the U.S. for nearly 20 years.

Family and friends of the Granger, Ind., business owner spoke with the CBS News program, expressing frustration that someone with no criminal record was separated from his wife and children, who are all citizens.

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Michelle Craig, who voted for President Trump, said she did so because Trump promised to deport dangerous criminals. This is not the person he said he would deport,” she said. “The community is better for having someone like” Beristain in it.

Beristain was the longtime cook and new owner of a restaurant in town, “Eddie’s Steak Shed,” that employs about 20 people, “60 Minutes” noted. He had no criminal record. He entered the U.S. in 1998 illegally but had been issued a temporary work permit, social security number and driver’s license under the Obama administration.

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[Chipper Chat]

1. But alas -98% of those Trump supporters

will vote for him again in 2020.

[Solly Mack]

2. I voted for Trump to go after other people! Not the people I know and like!

Idiots.

[orleans]

14. exactly! they are total idiots. n/t

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

20. I voted for trump to repeal obamacare....

Not the ACA, I need that!

Another one I've heard, double idiots.

[Solly Mack]

28. I've heard that, too.

It's both funny and sad. Tragic, mostly.

[Beartracks]

29. Plus. One. Thousand. n/t

[exboyfil]

3. Idiots

The policy was already to deport dangerous criminals after they served their sentence. Some may have been missed, but a large number were deported.

[benpollard]

4. Stupidity has its price

Kind of hard to feel anything but disgust for people who voted for Trump.

[ProudLib72]

5. They lament his deportation now

Give them a few months, and they will have forgotten about him. They'll be ready to spew bile at more brown people.

[SunSeeker]

6. Michelle Craig, you are a gullible, stupid, racist idiot.

You got your neighbor deported, devastated his US citizen family, and ruined a local business and the 20 jobs it provided. Hope you never sleep easy again. And good luck with your pre-existing condition of being a woman under Trumpcare. Dumbass.

[Honeycombe8]

19. They knew. They're just putting on a "surprised" face for show.

There is really no way they misunderstood. "Deportation Force" to deport all illegals, starting with the criminals is not something that is possible to misunderstand.

They knew very well. Some neighbors of Jews acted "surprised" when their Jewish neighbors were "deported," but they knew very well what supporting the Nazis was all about.

Maybe the wife can take over the business.

[Beartracks]

7. But Beristain IS the person Trump said he would deport.

Trump said he would deport the criminals and rapists, AND claimed that all Mexicans are criminals and rapists. What part did Michelle Craig not understand?

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[lunasun]

8. Plus trump had said they will ALL be gone very soon when campaigning

I don't get what Craig did not understand either

[MattP]

9. His own wife voted for Trump after he warned her

She said I should have read the fine print, it wasn't fine print it was a giant glowing neon sign!

[ck4829]

10. "But I thought he was only going after the people who look and act different than me!"

[rpannier]

11. Now to be the bad person

You were warned
It's what you get for being stupid
Sorry for the kids, but their mom and many of the people in the town are dumb as rocks
And in conclusion...


No sympathy. Beristain probably supported Hair Douchengroper as well

[LonePirate]

12. Roberto Beristain and his children (not his wife) are the only people deserving of sympathy here.

The rest are bigots to the Nth degree not to mention as ignorant as the day is long.

[iluvtennis]

15. Idiots, Idiots Everywhere...

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[HAB911]

16. You can't fix stupid

[Scarsdale]

17. I wonder

how this small town was affected by illegals? They seem to think ALL illegals are crooks, apart from their friend. Did they not think there are many more like him? Not to mention that tRump had many, many other plans for the country that will affect EVERYONE, like the healthcare fiasco. Watching the segment, I was struck by how "normal" these people looked, yet how DUMB they truly are.

[Honeycombe8]

18. The neighbors are just saying that. They really don't care. They knew what they were voting for...

and I guarantee you that they are thinking that an American should have that business.

Trump was quite clear about stopping illegal immigration and deporting illegals...possibly even those brought to the US as babies. Quite clear. NO WAY they misunderstood.

[47of74]

21. Fuck them.

I have no sympathy for people who voted for that orange piece of dog shit.

[chelsea0011]

23. I hate to say it, but I agree with you. I could understand if they were deciding on a vote

for a McCain type of candidate (not me, mind you), but trump was a simple, in your face, you have to know what the fuck you are voting for here. And when his wife said she was voting to make the economy better, I almost fell off my chair. Now, I always think the economy can always improve for many people who struggle pay check to pay check but Obama could have had 0% unemployment and people like her would say they want the economy to improve. And trump's main campaign issue was a wall a deportation. She has blinders on.

[47of74]

24. With such people President Obama could have walked on water...

...and they would complain that he couldn't swim.

No matter what he did such people said it was wrong.

I didn't agree with everything President Obama said or did but I didn't automatically oppose anything because of the man's skin color, which is what most Branch Trumpvidians did.

[raccoon]

25. Love that phrase, "branch Trumpvidians." Nt

[Kittycow]

27. Bad economy but popular restaurant?

I'm going off memory here, but the restaurant was popular, busy,successful by all accounts.

Restaurants are one of the businesses that quickly suffer or go under when the economy is bad. So that guys wife saying she voted over the economy is just an excuse that she pulled out of her ass.

She had visa violations ( shes from Greece) in her youth but that was OK for her. Besides, why should her husband get special treatment? He's no more deserving than the quiet good people in the shadows. He married into that restaurant, BTW, so I think she can manage.

[JI7]

33. that's how i feel. if trump actually did lie and claim to be all the things W Bush claimed

at least i could feel that while they may be stupid, naive, ignorant or whatever it was still something positive that appealed to them.

but in this case trump is an openly bigoted piece of shit who had already been deporting and banning people which they fully supported until it came to them .

[hatrack]

22. Too bad, so sad, fuck 'em

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[Tatiana]

30. This is called karma.

They asked for it and they just received what they voted for.

Hope they enjoy it!

[larry budwell]

31. No surprise here

Trump said he would deport immigrants back to Mexico and he did. They voted for this and they got it. What's the problem.

[JI7]

32. Fuck These People . they thought they were special and better than other people

when they see bigots attack people they think "we are one of the good ones" . fucking assholes.

they are also probably anti gay or bigoted against some other group(s) as minorities who vote conservative are.