Hispanic man says he regrets supporting and voting for Trump after he was detained by ICE
A Hispanic man who supported and voted for Donald Trump says he regrets his vote after ICE agents wrongfully detained him
Jensy Machado, a Trump voter, and Hispanic U.S. citizen, was briefly detained by ICE agents in Manassas, Virginia while driving to work on Wednesday. He was detained near his house with two other men.
The agents stopped his pickup truck on Lomond Drive, searching for someone else named on a deportation order who had listed Machado’s home address.
“They just got out of the car with guns in their hands and said, ‘Turn off the car, give me the keys, open the window,'” he told reporters.
According to Machado, the agents said the name of a man who had a deportation order, someone who had given Machado’s home address.
Machado told them that wasn’t his name he didn’t know anyone by that name and offered to show them his real ID-compliant Virginia driver’s license.
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“I was telling the officer if I can give him ID, but he said just keep my hands up, not moving. After that, he told me to get out of the car and put the handcuffs on me.”
An agent then asked Machado how did he get into the U.S. and if he was awaiting a court date or if he had a pending immigration case.
“And I told him I was an American citizen,” Machado said. “He looked at his other partner like, you know, smiling, like saying, can you believe this guy? Because he asked the other guy, ‘Do you believe him?’”
After finally seeing his driver’s license, Jensy said they immediately released him.
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However, the two illegal immigrants with him were taken into custody. The incident left Machado rattled, causing him to reconsider his support for Trump and his immigration policies.
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