‘ICE’ places Irish grandmother and green card holder in US isolation cell over $25 cheque

Irish grandmother in the US legally for 50 years is behind bars after arrest by ICE

Fundraiser for Donna Hughes-Brown — who was arrested after returning to the US following a trip to Cork and Drogheda in Ireland — has reached 90% of its target

Irish grandmother who has lived in the US for almost 50 years faces deportation

The 58-year-old was detained at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport after returning to the US following a trip to Ireland and has been held in custody ever since

Irish grandmother and green card holder held by ICE over $25 bad check

Missouri healthcare worker Donna Hughes-Brown, who has five grandchildren, is facing potential deportation to Ireland after almost half a century of legal residence in the U.S., her husband says

Irish woman living in US for 50 years faces deportation over ‘bad’ $25 cheque

The American husband of an Irish woman facing deportation from the US for writing a bad cheque 10 years ago has blamed Donald Trump's “stupid” immigration policy for her arrest.

‘ICE’ places Irish grandmother and green card holder in US isolation cell over $25 cheque

Donna Hughes-Brown (58), who lives in Missouri with US husband, was detained after landing in Chicago on flight from Dublin in July

Meeting the deportation quotas drags in ordinary people

That Trump is struggling to have his ICE goons meet the quota for detaining and deporting people (reportedly the target is about 3,000 people per day) is clear from the fact that they are now doing so for the most minor of offenses. An Irish grandmother who has lived in the US for most of her life and holds a green card is facing deportation because she wrote a bad cheque for $25 in 2015. Donna Hughes-Brown, 58, was detained in July after landi…