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Voted for Trump and Trump Sends Him to Deport: the Story of the Mexican Mayor Who Didn't See It Coming (Writing Shipyard Report)

Summary by Julio Astillero
He lived in the United States from the age of four. He became mayor of a town in Kansas. He was a legal resident with green card. And he voted for Donald Trump convinced that it was the right thing to do. Today, ICE has him arrested and could be deported to Mexico — the country he barely remembers. José “Joe” Ceballos, former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, was arrested by immigration agents after he voluntarily went to a migration appointment in Wi…
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Former Mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, Joe Ceballos, was arrested this week by ICE t agents in Wichita after admitting that he voted in several U.S. elections despite not being a citizen. Ceballos, 55 years old and a permanent legal resident born in Mexico, voluntarily went to an ICE office accompanied by his lawyer. Hours later he was placed in federal custody while advancing procedures that could end in his deportation. The former official said th…

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He lived in the United States from the age of four. He became mayor of a town in Kansas. He was a legal resident with green card. And he voted for Donald Trump convinced that it was the right thing to do. Today, ICE has him arrested and could be deported to Mexico — the country he barely remembers. José “Joe” Ceballos, former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, was arrested by immigration agents after he voluntarily went to a migration appointment in Wi…

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Julio Astillero broke the news on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
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