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A three-time Trump voter was left devastated after the immigration policies of the president he repeatedly supported resulted in his wife being taken away.

Tech salesman and former MAGA supporter Brent Jindra, 48, was stunned when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained his wife, Galina Bobreneva, after the couple landed at Burbank Airport in California, The New York Times reported.

“A U.S. citizen just watched his wife get dragged away and had no idea where she was going,” Jindra, who voted for President Donald Trump, 80, because of his promises of strict immigration enforcement, recalled of the day.

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[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago
[-] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago
[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

they should have taken him too, for trying to smuggle illegal aliens into the country

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Never ask a white supremacist the race of his wife.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

I'm so happy for him.

But did I read that right? He's devastated? I thought he'd be happy. He got what he voted for.

[-] Hawanja@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

Good. Maybe now he's learned his fucking lesson.
Seriously, no sympathy for these people. He was perfectly fine with thousands of other people's lives and marraiges being destroyed, but suddenly when it happens to him I'm supposed to feel sad for him? Fuck no I don't feel sad.
Think about somebody else for a change asshole.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 19 points 1 day ago

you know hes going to vote R the moment he gets his wife back, or doubles down.

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago
[-] prole 49 points 2 days ago

I hope he has people in his life to make sure he knows that this is his fault.

[-] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago

You wanted this for the rest of us, so I’m out of thoughts, prayers, and fucks. I hope it gets worse for him.

[-] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 19 points 1 day ago

Looking at the article, he pretty much thought ICE would only detain people crossing the border from mexico.

[-] jabeez@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

So, all the signs at all his rallies saying "Mass Deportations Now!" Weren't enough of a clue for him? And the grand shitlord himself saying as much repeatedly? Jebus H Crust these people are fucking stupid and/or just awful, awful people.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago

thats likely the limit of his scope on ICE/immigration/deportation, which is distilled from Faux news, or some right wing news sources , or posts on FB.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Never ask a white supremacist the race of his wife.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 1 day ago

this is what you want in america, this is what you get. also evangelical whites hold the majority of influence in this country, being a POC or married to a POC voting R, does not make you an EXCEPTION, but a token to be thrown away.

[-] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Why do they always forget that tokens exist so they can get spent....?

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 21 hours ago

they think if they can find 1 thing in common with "white rich people" usually being rich is enough.

[-] ironpangolin29@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago
[-] Gork@sopuli.xyz 44 points 2 days ago

Ooh some leopards eating some faces. Reached my free article limit so copypasta-d here.

A three-time Trump voter was left devastated after the immigration policies of the president he repeatedly supported resulted in his wife being taken away.

Tech salesman and former MAGA supporter Brent Jindra, 48, was stunned when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained his wife, Galina Bobreneva, after the couple landed at Burbank Airport in California, The New York Times reported.

“A U.S. citizen just watched his wife get dragged away and had no idea where she was going,” Jindra, who voted for President Donald Trump, 80, because of his promises of strict immigration enforcement, recalled of the day.

Jindra was in town to see clients, while Bobreneva—who is originally from Russia—had traveled with him to visit friends. Instead, she was taken to the Adelanto ICE Processing Facility, leaving Jindra struggling to understand how his wife, who “did not jump a wall, she did not swim a river,” could be detained when she “came in Trump’s beautiful, big front door.”

Bobreneva arrived in the U.S. in 2021 on a tourist visa, which she later extended after the war in Ukraine broke out. She applied for asylum in 2022, before meeting Jindra.

“It was your storybook romance,” Jindra told the Times of their relationship. The couple met in March 2025 and married that December. In April, Jindra petitioned to sponsor his wife for a marriage-based green card.

By the time she was detained, Bobreneva had reportedly received official confirmation that her application had been accepted and had already been fingerprinted as part of the process. Her lawyer has asserted that she was never out of lawful status.

“I never thought that it was so easy to take freedom from anyone,” she told the Times, describing conditions inside the Adelanto ICE Processing Facility as making her feel “like a piece of meat, not like a human.” She said the lights were kept on around the clock and that women were crammed together inside the facility. A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official disputed her characterization in a statement to the Times.

Bobreneva’s account comes as scrutiny of ICE’s treatment of detainees and use of force continues to mount. On Monday, DHS announced that ICE plans to equip its agents with gloves capable of delivering painful electric shocks to migrants.

The announcement came weeks after a July ACLU report, which reviewed more than 1,200 immigration enforcement operations involving ICE, found that nearly a third involved the use or threat of force. Overall, thirty-two detainees died in ICE custody in 2025—the agency’s deadliest year in more than two decades, according to a Guardian tally published at the end of the year.

Bobreneva was released on July 29 on a $35,000 bond and fitted with an ankle monitor. Her case remains ongoing, and she must report to ICE and appear in court, as the proceedings could take months to resolve.

“The allure of the MAGA campaign was around illegal entries of criminals,” Jindra told the Times. The DHS said in a statement to the Times that Jindra’s wife was “an illegal alien” who was targeted for arrest because “she overstayed her welcome in violation of our nation’s laws.”

“We are living in fear in my own country,” Jindra said.

The tech salesman is not the only Trump voter to become frustrated with the president’s policies. An MS NOW segment from June featuring Trump voters—including some who have supported him in every election since 2016—captured growing frustration directed at the president.

“The average American is struggling to make ends meet right now. And nobody wants to hear ‘the war’s almost over.’ Nobody wants to hear ‘it’s gonna get better,’” said Chris Tackett, a three-time Trump voter from Ohio who works as a truck driver.

In a separate segment aired in August, the network spoke to an Ohio mother and three-time Trump voter who broke down in tears as she described how the affordability crisis was making life increasingly difficult.

“You can’t do anything,” she said, pointing to rising gas prices that have made it difficult to “afford to breathe at this point.” She also admitted she felt “hurt” by what she sees happening in the country.

The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment.

[-] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

ICE plans to equip its agents with gloves capable of delivering painful electric shocks to migrants.

I'm sorry, what the FUCK?!

[-] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Shocker, right?

I'll see myself out

[-] Ooops@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The electric shock gloves ICE is spending up to $20 million on are already being given to police officers in Omaha public schools

The CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E. products deliver shocks ranging from 324 to 362 volts and have a hard operational limit of 380 volts. By comparison, a taser can reach between 1,200 and 1,500 volts.

If only journalists took the 5 seconds to look up how voltage and current actually work to understand that this comparison without other reference points is worthless...

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[-] NullPointerException@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 days ago

The problem is I doubt a person like this will vote blue next election.

[-] YouTalkinToMe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Why should he, all of this is obviously Biden's fault.

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago

MAGA voters are zombies, not people, and we are in a zombie apocalypse.

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[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago

Not only won't they vote blue, they'll write in Trump.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A lot are single issue voters. They will vote for whoever will preserve gun rights or oppose abortion or stick it to the libruls

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

Also low information too, this voters info ICE/immigraiton is limited to a few social media or MSM outlets.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

Eat shit fascist

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

Have the day you voted for

[-] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

As long as it's happening to anyone but themselves, it's amazing! The second it happens to them. It's a travesty and a violation of their civil rights 😂

[-] Kintarian@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

But, but, I thought they were only going after people I hate :(

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