" Do I sense like I made a mistake ? Possibly . "
As part of President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to crack down on immigration, his administration says there have been139,000 deportationssince Trump took office.
Well,not all of these deportations have been of criminalsas was largelyperceivedon the campaign trail. Recently, someone claiming they voted for Trump shared that, due to his immigration policies, the father of their child had purportedly been “extradited.”
Here’s what the full postsays:“I voted for Trump and it cost me immensely. 16 years ago I met a boy. We were in high school. He became my first love, my first boyfriend and the father of my first child. He was many things but at the top of the list was a superb father. That man would go to the ends of the earth to look for the last pencil if that’s what I told him our daughter needed.”
" He was n’t just the Father of the Church of my child . He became my bestest Quaker . He was my family . His large fault ? He was n’t sound . "
“Despite being here before he could even walk. Despite not having any criminal record. Despite making multiple trips to DC (as an adult) to acquire the paperwork to be here the ‘right way’, papers his mother should have taken the responsibility to get for him when he was just a child. Despite hiring immigration lawyers. The father of my oldest child is being extradited.”
“My oldest child is loosing her father because of Trump’s immigration policies. Do I feel like I made a mistake? Possibly. Ask me again when I’m not so emotional.”
" What I do recognize is it has be me ( and my oldest girl ) GREATLY . I ’m in a very coloured place right now , reeling from this . "
“I didn’t post this for sympathy. But yall need to know it’s not just ‘bad’ people with a criminal record being deported. These people are fathers…providers. Head of the household. The enemy wins by destroying the family unit with this policy.”
" And this is where it ’s snuff it to get controversial … "
“The past few days as I’ve pleaded, begged, absolutely bawled my eyes out to the Lord to reveal to me the benefit in this, He told me one thing.”
" My Hand is n’t in this daughter . When the Heavenlies are at war , there are going to be casualties . This is that . "
“And here is where imma give y’all something to argue about. I don’t believe this immigration policy is in the Will of the Lord. I don’t believe in my heart that this is something Jesus would celebrate were He here.”
" Now you may wanna say ' He is the exception and not the norm , Sara . ' "
“But he was everything to me and my daughter. And even though him and I together have overcome generational and family traumas so our child didn’t have to walk through them, the enemy has still won here. That’s not something I’m ever going to celebrate. EVER.”
" So if you want to number post a comment about how the policies are necessary or ' Bibilical , ' do n’t do it on my wall . Seriously …. DON’T. And if you made it this far , please implore for us because my daughter and I are beside ourselves with grief . It ’s hard to through the days . "
In response to the post, there was a wide array of opinions. One person expressed little sympathy, writing, “He ran onmass deportations and tariffs.That was his entire campaign. You’re a chicken who voted for Colonel Sanders. Deal with- my sympathy belongs to those who didn’t think it’s OK if it happens to someone else.”
“Everything she’s saying we already knew would happen from Trump term 1,” this person agreed. “We knew he’d go after innocent, harmless people because that’s what he did last time. She didn’t give a fuck, she only cares now because it impacts her. What about all the other fathers who you probably just wrote off as ‘illegals’ before?”
Others pointed out that the post was a small step in realizing that Trump is fallible. “She is, at the very least, admitting that Trump is failable and doesn’t always go do the thing that God would want (which is the true thing that ought to happen). Now that’s a very small step, and she may just end up compartmentalizing it. But it’s honestly a refreshing take compared to the absolute blind praise Trump normally gets from conservatives.”
This person pointed out that the Democratic Party advocated for policies that would’ve helped her child’s father stay in the country. “If only there was a party with candidates that wanted to provide a path to citizenship for people like her daughter’s father… for people who have a DREAM…Maybe next time, don’t vote for the person or party who wants to deport your kid’s father.”
Another MAGA supporter shared that they too were feeling “screwed” by their Trump vote.
And finally, in response to the post, this person expressed how ashamed they were of Trump’s actions. “I am changing my voter registration. I will never show as a republican again. I am ashamed,” this person commented.
