A Wisconsin man is standing by his vote for Donald Trump, even after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained his Peruvian wife as the couple returned home from their long-overdue honeymoon.
Bradley Bartell, a lifelong Wisconsin resident and Trump supporter, watched in disbelief as federal agents took his wife, Camila Muñoz, into custody at a U.S. airport following their trip to Puerto Rico.
But despite this incident, Bartell is holding the line: “I don’t regret the vote,” he told Newsweek.
According to the news outlet:
In 2019, Muñoz arrived in Wisconsin Dells on a work-study visa, which expired around the time COVID-19 began and international travel came to a standstill. While working in farming and hospitality, she met Bartell, who gave her his number on a scrap of paper—though she initially threw it away.
A few days later, they reconnected on Facebook and soon developed a serious relationship. The couple eventually married, but a honeymoon wasn’t possible because of the pandemic.
In February, Muñoz and Bartell traveled to Puerto Rico to finally take their honeymoon, and upon returning to the U.S. mainland, immigration agents stopped Muñoz and asked whether she was an American citizen. When she explained that