Donna Hughes-Brown, the Irish woman who has been held in an ICE detention centre since late July, has been hit with a further delay to her deportation hearing until December 18th. It was due to take place on Wednesday. Her husband, Jim Brown, has described the judicial procedures relating to his wife as “nefarious” and hopes to gather a support petition from US senators before that Christmas deportation hearing.
“She has actually not been tried at all,” Mr Brown told The Irish Times on Wednesday night.
“Today was a master hearing to see what she is going to be tried for. And it’s for two cheque misdemeanours from 10 and 13 years ago and both of them together are less than $65 (€56). Which is just stupid.
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