Despite being in the U.S. illegally, Canadian Cynthia Olivera supported Trump. Now she's awaiting deportation in an El Paso prison camp
For Cynthia is currently in an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) prison camp in El Paso, Texas, after being arrested last month. (Other Canadians have been captured for less.) She will be deported, she assumes to Canada, but I wouldn't be so sure.
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