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‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained over immigration status (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by hanrahan@slrpnk.net to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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The family of a Canadian national who supported Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants say they are feeling betrayed after federal agents recently detained the woman in California while she interviewed for permanent US residency – and began working to expel her from the country.

“We feel totally blindsided,” Cynthia Olivera’s husband – US citizen and self-identified Trump voter Francisco Olivera – told the California news station KGTV. “I want my vote back.”

Cynthia Olivera, a 45-year-old mother of three US-born children, thus joined a growing list of examples contradicting the Trump administration’s claims that the immigration crackdown it has spearheaded since the president’s return to the Oval Office in January has prioritized targeting dangerous criminals.

Well, Canadian, obviously a commie with the healthcare etc

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Haven't seen this posted in a while. I forgot you can delegate your vote to different people for different issues. How is the "category" of an issue decided though?

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that be up to the delagator? Wouldn't they just decide case by case?

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Then the delegator has to vote/delegate on every issue-- they don't need expertise themselves like in a direct democracy, but it is still an issue due to sheer vote volume.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah pretty much. You trust your guy until you change your mind or feel that you need to change your vote. Not really seeing a problem with that.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don't think you're understanding my point. If, as you said, you have to assign a delegate "case by case" for every vote, then you have to vote in every vote. This comes with all the problems of getting people to vote on things now, but 100x as bad because of how many votes there would be.