People Are Disgusted By This Trump Supporter Who Only Regrets Their Vote Now That Their Undocumented Employees Are Being Detained

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People Are Disgusted By This Trump Supporter Who Only Regrets Their Vote Now That Their Undocumented Employees Are Being Detained

Alexa Lisitza

Mon, December 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM UTC

4 min read

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As you likely know, during all of his campaigns, Donald Trump drew a hard line when it came to immigration and border security. Ahead of the 2024 election, Trump promised, “On day one... We will begin the largest deportation operation in the history of our country.”

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Somehow, though, it seems like many among his base didn't get the memo...

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...despite the literal signage.

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Now, Trump voters experiencing deportations within their families, work, schools, and communities are expressing their regrets.

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Among them is this MAGA supporter, who only appears to regret their vote now that it's affecting their employeers and therefore their business.

"Let me start by saying I voted for Trump," the business owner shared in a recent rant online. "He was the best option on the ballot. I didn't agree with all his ideas but over all I was hoping he would be the a vast improvement over the past administration. In a lot of ways I think he has been."

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"However, this hellbent notion of deporting all illegal aliens is wrong in my opinion."

"Yes there are many bad illegal immigrants here, and they need to be deported. I'm all for it. That is the exception not the norm."

"I'm a 67 year old white small business owner," they continued. "We are a concrete construction company. I have Hispanic finishers and carpenters that have worked for me for years. A couple for over 20 years."

"They are not employees to me. They are family. There's nothing I wouldn't do for them. They are honest hard working, dependable guys who exceed expectations. They care, take pride in what they do. A couple of them have their sons help on occassion."

"They don't even have family in Mexico now.If they were to get deported they would have nowhere to go or family."

"If you have never been to Mexico, before you judge these people, you need to experience Mexico for yourself. These people come from poverty. Backbreaking work for $70 a week."

"I realize the majority of people don't get it or probably care," they concluded. "This is not what America should be about. Shame on Trump and anyone who thinks this is the right thing to do."

"I breaks my heart to see these fine families getting separated and having to live in fear here, when all they want is to make a honest living. They don't live extravagent lives, because they send money to help there parents and loved ones get by so they don't have to work for the cartel."

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A screenshot of the full post went viral on Reddit:

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Commenters granted all of their sympathy to the employees affected, but certainly held nothing back when it came to their boss. Here's what they're saying:

"'There's nothing I wouldn't do for them.' Except vote in their best interests (and my own)."

SmellGestapo

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"He was willing to do anything except sponsor, fund, or take any action whatsoever to protect their status in this country. They were such family to him, yet he decided to exploit them for the fact they were not naturalized citizens, and is now just fucking gutted that he's no longer able to exploit his family for another two decades."

TheDevil-YouKnow

"What part of 'deport the illegals' did this guy not understand?"

southofakronoh

"Best option? He meant wasn't a Black woman."

Commander-of-ducks

"Ding ding ding. To him, Trump was clearly the white choice."

GhostofZellers

"You should’ve voted for the well-educated woman of color, instead of the clueless angry white guy, lol. If you can listen to a former president ramble on for hours and not take every single thing he said at face value, then shame on you."

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contude327

"Hope he has to work until he dies and can never retire. Fuck that guy."

vonhizzle

"So it affects his bottom line and he’s not fine with that. Everything else👍"

PhoenixCogburn

YIKES. What are your thoughts?

➡️ Share your views on this regretful MAGA supporter in the comments. I neeeed to know what you're thinking.

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