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This N.J. Trump voter’s husband was detained by ICE: ‘I thought they’d focus on criminals.’ (www.nj.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43460008

Abdellatif Hafraoui sits at a small dining table in the Bayonne apartment he shares with his wife, Sandra, sipping his morning coffee — a ritual unchanged over their 15 years of marriage.

Since August, however, that routine has been shadowed by months in ICE detention and the black ankle monitor now strapped around his leg.

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The arrest forced Sandra to reconsider assumptions she had long held about immigration enforcement. “To think we were MAGA!,” Sandra proclaimed. The couple even attended a Trump rally in Las Vegas in 2020.

Sandra voted for Trump three times, believing enforcement would focus on people with criminal records — not individuals like her husband.

Asked what she would say to him now, she paused. “You said you were going after the worst of the worst, but instead you ruined our life,” she said.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

generally speaking, people do file the proper paperwork if it doesn't put them at immediate risk of expulsion back to whatever they were fleeing in the first place (which is the most common outcome of applying for legal residency after "illegally" "crossing" the "border"). once you file the paperwork the usual turnaround time to get legal residency or citizenship is 10-15 years.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 minutes ago

My mom got citizenship at around 5 years after getting legal permanent residency, you can send the paperwork like 3-6 months before the 5 year mark and they process it as soon as you are eligible.

I thonk the test happened right after the 5 year msrk and the Oath ceremony is like 1 month after I think.

This was during Obama Admin

I was a minor at the time so I automatically got citizenship from my mother

As for green card visas, yes that took like more than a decade, the petition for my parents started before I was even born. But for citizenship is usually 5 years of legal permanent residency.

The article said he lived in the country for like a few decades, and he applied for naturalization 10 years before... why didnt he finish the process? Kinda confused... not trying to victim blame, just confused...

The only reason why you couldn't go through with it is if your English isn't good enough or if you can't memorize test questions... like my dad (👀 uh oh... hope he doesn't run into ICE)

but this dude married a US Citizen so this implied he does speak English with enough proficiency to pass the interviews.

So I'm confused af

I wish there were more info, these articles always lack the full picture.