Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

 I hope he's learned his lesson and gets to live in America with his family

I hope he learns his lesson and he and his family come home from that cesspit of a country

However, we are now unsure whether Trump is posting it. Apparently, according to the administration itself, Trump has allowed 'staffers' direct and unchecked access to his account. A massive national security risk in and of itself, not to mention a massive issue regarding possible market manipulation.

It's a phenomenon which is far more widespread than the US for all that. Notwithstanding that illegal immigration is a problem which needs to be tackled, the perception of illegal immigrants can very often make it seem like the act of entering or staying in a country illegally is an act which in itself is so utterly abhorrent that it is almost on a par with rape and murder. This is quite apparent whenever another news story breaks about migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, whereby many reactions online would seem to veer towards the view that they got what they deserved (check out comments reacting to the capsizing of a boat full of migrants off the coast of Libya this week). In other words, death is a fitting or deserved end for anyone who dares to cross borders illegally in search of a better life. Well, at least when it comes to poor or unprivileged migrants anyway.

In an ideal world, right-leaning politicians would act responsibly in differentiating illegal migration, as a socioeconomic problem to be tackled, from prejudices towards illegal migrants themselves. Unfortunately, it's all too often the case that the outright vilification of illegal migrants as the lowest of the low is far too tempting a narrative weapon to whip up a frenzy and achieve political ends.

Makes me wonder if there are some in the Justice Dept. making small mistakes on purpose? Perhaps there are some real people in there with a conscience and a moral stance.

Trumps core support dropping among less well educated.

Employment authorization doesn't give someone permission to live in the US. its issued on the basis that they already have that through a visa or that they will be granted a green card. What actually matters is that he came as a tourist and stayed for 20 years without approval. He's not the first person something like this has happened to over the years. I do hope he can get it sorted though and get to stay and keep his business. Probably needs a better lawyer.

Regarding context, a report in yesterday`s Guardian newspaper.

He had one final meeting with the authorities on his green card application in October 2025 but could not attend as he was in detention.

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If his signature was forged by ICE then that is a disgrace.

While the US has a right to remove illegals, ICE has already shown itself to have turned into something sinister. It shot Alex Pretti in the back of the head.

Forgive my ignorance on this topic but how does someone live and presumably work in America for 20 years without a green card? Sounds like Culleton is in the wrong here, not that you'd know it from RTE's ridiculously biased reporting though.

I would have thought that the key fact omitted was that he was in front of two judges, not one, where the first judge approved his release on a $4,000 bond which his wife paid and ICE yet again just ignored a judicial ruling. It doesn`t appear as if they even challenged it and it was his own attorney that brought the case in front of the second judge when he could not get an explanation from ICE as to why, where ICE then made the claim he had agreed to be deported.

It begs the question does it not if he had agreed to be deported as ICE claims in Buffalo, then why move him 3,000Km. from Buffalo to El Paso and detain him so long without deporting him.

I`m not saying that his status isn`t legally questionable, but then that does not not excuse ICE from ignoring a legal ruling either. Something that is now become very much par for the course where those political boot-boys of Trump are concerned.

Everyone knows of people who stay in America after a holiday visa and can never come home, even for funerals of family members. Everyone knows of people who were kicked out after getting caught doing this. 20 years is extreme, most people have either come home or got themselves sorted by then. Its nothing new.

How can he claim his signature to he deported was forged when he wasn't actually deported? It seems like his desire to stay and fight his case was honoured. What's happened now is that he has gone before a judge who has ruled that he must leave so he doesn't get a choice, forged signature or not.

A decent immigration lawyer would have advised him to leave and apply for his green card from Ireland which might be looked on more favorably than denying wrongdoing and fighting to stay after being here for 20 years illegally. I dont agree with the conditions he has been kept under at all though