"Donna Hughes-Brown, 58, was detained in July after landing in Chicago on a flight from Dublin and is being held in isolation in a detention centre in Kentucky. She has lived in the US since 1977, has five children and grandchildren, and ran a horse farm in Troy, Missouri. Her husband, Jim Brown, a US citizen and military veteran, told reporters his wife was not a criminal and that he 100% regretted voting for Donald Trump as president."
"He said she had been detained on a misdemeanour relating to a $25 cheque she signed a decade ago and for which she made restitution and received probation. She was detained under legislation amended on 4 July as part of Trump's sweeping one big beautiful bill act. The couple visited Ireland that month for a funeral. When they landed at Chicago's O'Hare airport on 29 July a police officer was waiting for her on the ramp."
"He lost contact with her this week when she was moved to an isolation cell, he told the Irish Times. Brown thinks her requests for low-sodium diet might be the reason she was moved. [They] tried to feed her hot dogs and chilli mac. She probably told them after the fifth time they tried to serve her: I'm not eating that.' So they locked her up. I haven't heard from her in three days now."
Donna Hughes-Brown, 58, a long-term US green card holder, was detained in July after arriving in Chicago from Dublin and is being held in isolation in a Kentucky detention centre. She has lived in the US since 1977, has five children and grandchildren, ran a horse farm in Missouri, and did volunteer work for the homeless. She was detained over a misdemeanour involving a $25 cheque from 2015 for which she made restitution and received probation. The detention followed legislation amended on 4 July. A deportation was scheduled for 17 September and 40 character witnesses were submitted to lawyers.
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