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
“I’m his fan. I believe Trump is a good president,” she said. However, Zaragosa noted this political loyalty co-exists with the disappointment she feels over the months her husband spent in detention.
“What he is doing to migrants isn’t fair,” Zaragosa said of the president. “What happened to my family wasn’t fair.”
He was seeking political asylum the second he hit US soil, and based on context clues in the article, he has gang tattoos. He allegedly got these tattoos when he was a kid and didn’t know what they meant but the meaning was personal. I’m not pro Trump any which way but this is extremely sus. I’m sure he had a tough life and I’m not here to judge but I wanted to see if anyone else picked up on that.
Getting married quick and switching his asylum application for a family one asap is another thing to look at critically. Did he marry with intent? If he did, he obviously couldn’t go against her political beliefs and if you’re working that hard to stay in the country, you’re going to take bae wherever she wants I guess. Also you’re crossing state lines with an airsoft gun and a grinder without full citizen status, its even harder to look at you with pity. There was no self preservation instinct at all for this man. Normally, no matter who, I get depressed when they get picked up by ICE. No human, never ever no matter what, deserves that. But this time I’m just confused at his whole chain of events that led to him being put in this situation.
The tattoo is pictured in the article. That is *not * a gang tattoo. If anything is (Chinese) cultural appropriation.
You could be right. The article was worded with intent and it definitely felt like tiptoeing. I don’t know a darn thing about tattoos and even less about gangs, all I know was what I read, and it was odd. Maybe the writer intentionally was trying to cast doubt on him? I wish we had a gang tattoo expert here.
Tren de aragua never used tattoos. Other gangs have stopped using tattoos due to ease of identification.
That’s legit common sense. Excellent point!!