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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Jun 12, 2026, 09:22 PM Friday

He took his wife, a Trump fan, to the president's hotel in Doral. Instead he was detained by ICE. [View all]

Bryan José Rojas Galofre wanted to give his wife a lovely honeymoon to see the beach for the first time and perhaps a glimpse of President Donald Trump, whom she supports.

Their January 2025 road trip from Wisconsin to Miami, however, turned into a nightmare, according to the couple: Rojas, a Venezuelan immigrant whose wife and young children are U.S. citizens, was detained following a stop at a Trump hotel security checkpoint.

He spent more than three months in ICE custody in Florida. Rojas also faced accusations of gang affiliation; he says he feared being deported to El Salvador and lost his stable job and work permit. The family says they've lost their house and car, had to deplete Rojas' 401(k) and are in debt.

"In the end, it was a bad decision," Rojas, 34, said in an interview with Noticias Telemundo about wanting to take his wife, Socorro Zaragosa, to the Trump National Doral hotel. They wanted to see if they could catch a glimpse of the president, who was there inaugurating a Republican retreat on Jan. 27. Rojas said they had made reservations to stay at that hotel starting the following day.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/took-wife-trump-fan-president-160000784.html

All these folks who think Trump cares about them.

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