A Virginia man who voted for Donald Trump in the November presidential election is now questioning his support for the president after he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents this week.
Jensy Machado said he was driving to work on Wednesday when he was stopped by ICE agents.
Machado said the agents got out of their vehicles with guns drawn and ordered him to turn off his car, hand over the keys and get out of his car, according to NBC4.
He said the agents were looking for a different man who had given Machado’s home address. Machado said he told agents he was not the person they are seeking for a deportation order and he does not know anyone by the name agents listed on the deportation papers.
Agents initially refused to let him show them his ID and appeared to mock him after he told them that he is an American citizen.
“They didn’t ask me for any ID,” Machado said. “I was telling the officer, if I can give him ID, but he said just keep my hands up, not moving. After that, he told me to get out of the car and put the handcuffs on me. And then he went to me and said how did I get into this country and if I was waiting for a court date or if I have any case. And I told him I was an American citizen, and he looked at his other partner like, you know, smiling, like saying, can you believe this guy? Because he asked the other guy, ‘Do you believe him?’”
Machado, a naturalized citizen, said he was released after showing agents his driver’s license.
The ordeal left Machado questioning his vote for Trump and the president’s mass deportation plan.
“I was a Trump supporter,” he said. “I voted for Trump last election, but, because I thought it was going to be the things, you know, like, … just go against criminals, not every Hispanic looking, like, that they will assume that we are all illegals.”
“That’s what they’re doing, now,” Machado added. “They’re just following Hispanic people.”
