Monday, March 17, 2025

Greetings from Trump's America: Columbia County, Wisconsin, where wife of Trump voter ends up in Louisiana ICE detention facility

 
3rd party votes:  26.7% in 1992, 16.2% in 1996, 6.7% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace 
received 6.6% of the vote in 1968)
Election results and map:  Wikipedia

Population:  58,490



Laura Villagran reports on the unleashed nature of Trump's nativism:
They met through mutual friends, had a first date at the local steakhouse, married after two years and were saving to buy a house and have kids. \ Muñoz was already caring for Bartell's now 12-year-old son as her own.
But last month, on their way home to Wisconsin after honeymooning in Puerto Rico, an immigration agent pulled Muñoz aside in the airport. 
"Are you an American citizen?" asked the agent. She answered no, she wasn't. She's from Peru. But she and her husband had taken the legal steps so that one day she might get U.S. citizenship.
Millions of Americans, including Bartell, had voted for President Donald Trump's promise to crack down on "criminal illegal immigrants." But eight weeks in, the mass deportation effort has rapidly expanded to include immigrants whose application for legal status in the country is under review. 
Even those married or engaged to U.S. citizens are being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, USA TODAY has learned[emphasis added]
Demographically, it's MAGA country.


Check out the similarity in presidential voting, especially since 2012:
Chippewa County.  (2/26/2025)
Crawford County.  (3/11/2025)
Lafayette County.  (2/16/2025)
Marinette County. (2/16/2025)
Pierce County.  (3/14/2025)
Vernon County.  (3/11/2025)

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