Post From MAGA Supporter Whose Child's Father Got Deported

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10-05-2025

As part of President Donald Trump's campaign promise to crack down on immigration, his administration says there have been 139,000 deportations since Trump took office.
Well, not all of these deportations have been of criminals as was largely perceived on 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."
The Facebook post circulated widely on Reddit, gaining thousands of views and comments from anti-Trumpers and MAGA supporters alike.
Here's what the full post says: "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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
In response to the post, there was a wide array of opinions. One person expressed little sympathy, writing, "He ran on mass 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."
Other MAGA supporters did express some sympathy in the original poster's comments, but questioned what the line was for deporting undocumented individuals: "I do not believe in breaking up families but at the same time, where do we draw the line?"
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.
Now, I need to know what your thoughts are. Let us know in the comments.