Irish-born husband of U.S. citizen, based in Wakefield, Mass., in ICE detention for 5 months

[Anonymous]

US police were invented to be slave catchers.

Trump's ICE is designed to be slave traders

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did he follow the proper procedures? I see he’s married to a US citizen and is trying to get a green card, but I also read he overstayed a 90 day tourist visa. So wouldn’t he need to go back to Ireland and wait there for some type of visa to come back or issuance of his green card?

It’s a sad situation, but he’s in ICE detention because he refuses to leave voluntarily and follow some sort of process?

These are paperwork violations, not crimes. Why are these people being subjected to imprisonment and torture?

Because ICE has targets to meet and they're not that good at their job. So they're "catching" those who are openly living in USA who may have some minor visa or green card irregularities, not the violent criminals Trump said he would deport.

If they are bad at their job, why aren't they getting fired by the Firer in Chief?
Perhaps you misundertand what their job actually is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of Irish in the Tristate area who similarly violated tourist visas and then married Americans. I'm talking about tens of thousands of cases from Ireland alone.

Lots of people, including Europeans like the Irish, have overstayed their visas in the past. I bet some MAGA "real Americans" have relatives who have stayed in the US illegally, and then had US born kids.

Get them out of here then. What’s your point? AI is coming and everyone is going to be unemployed. We don’t have unlimited funds for UBI.

The point is some of the very same people pushing MAGA and "get them out of here then" are probably related to those white European visa overstays, maybe even descendants of them. How nice for them that Trump wasn't in office when such people had overstayed their visas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did he follow the proper procedures? I see he’s married to a US citizen and is trying to get a green card, but I also read he overstayed a 90 day tourist visa. So wouldn’t he need to go back to Ireland and wait there for some type of visa to come back or issuance of his green card?

It’s a sad situation, but he’s in ICE detention because he refuses to leave voluntarily and follow some sort of process?

These are paperwork violations, not crimes. Why are these people being subjected to imprisonment and torture?

Because ICE has targets to meet and they're not that good at their job. So they're "catching" those who are openly living in USA who may have some minor visa or green card irregularities, not the violent criminals Trump said he would deport.

If they are bad at their job, why aren't they getting fired by the Firer in Chief?
Perhaps you misundertand what their job actually is.

If Trump didn’t fire Hegseth for planning a covert military option on signal, Kash Patel for flying his wannabe country music singer around on government planes and using FBi agents to guard her, Bill Pulte for sharing confidential government data, or Sec Lutnick for hanging around on Epstein island, what makes you think he will fire any of them? Did he fire the “mystery staffer” he blamed for posting racist videos at 3 am from his personal account?

This isn’t “the apprentice” anymore. Trump has plenty of criminals and grifters around him. And a ton of incompetent people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are they upset about, that ICE isn’t simply targeting brown and black people?

They are mostly targeting POC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did he follow the proper procedures? I see he’s married to a US citizen and is trying to get a green card, but I also read he overstayed a 90 day tourist visa. So wouldn’t he need to go back to Ireland and wait there for some type of visa to come back or issuance of his green card?

It’s a sad situation, but he’s in ICE detention because he refuses to leave voluntarily and follow some sort of process?

These are paperwork violations, not crimes. Why are these people being subjected to imprisonment and torture?

MAGA: if you have paperwork violations, you deserve to rot in prison. If you protect a pedophile, you deserve to be POTUS.

1000+ lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did he follow the proper procedures? I see he’s married to a US citizen and is trying to get a green card, but I also read he overstayed a 90 day tourist visa. So wouldn’t he need to go back to Ireland and wait there for some type of visa to come back or issuance of his green card?

It’s a sad situation, but he’s in ICE detention because he refuses to leave voluntarily and follow some sort of process?

These are paperwork violations, not crimes. Why are these people being subjected to imprisonment and torture?

Seriously. Even if this is true (and I've heard the opposite), what kind of demented person would think it's appropriate to lock someone up for months in inhumane conditions of a paperwork issue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did he follow the proper procedures? I see he’s married to a US citizen and is trying to get a green card, but I also read he overstayed a 90 day tourist visa. So wouldn’t he need to go back to Ireland and wait there for some type of visa to come back or issuance of his green card?

It’s a sad situation, but he’s in ICE detention because he refuses to leave voluntarily and follow some sort of process?

These are paperwork violations, not crimes. Why are these people being subjected to imprisonment and torture?

Seriously. Even if this is true (and I've heard the opposite), what kind of demented person would think it's appropriate to lock someone up for months in inhumane conditions of a paperwork issue?

MAGA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don’t they just put him on a plane back to Ireland? Is it because he has to first go through the courts, get his “day in court” per the due process clause?

I feel like these folks who get taken into custody by ICE should be able to just purchase a plane ticket and have ICE drop them off at the gate. Is that not permitted by our government?

He is imprisoned because he is contesting his deportation. He overstayed his tourist visa in 2009. The article from the Irish Times states,

In Buffalo he was interviewed by an Ice agent, who asked if he would sign a form agreeing to his deportation. Culleton said he refused, and instead ticked a box where detainees can state they wish to contest their arrest. He wrote down that his grounds for contesting were that he was married to a US citizen and had a valid work permit.

ICE made a mistake and if you overstay your visa you don't get due process and can be deported, but the erroneously had him down under another category.

Culleton was initially identified as a VWP [visa-waived tourist] overstay, subject to prompt removal with no right to a bond hearing. Yet, at some point, Respondents confused Culleton as having entered under a non-immigrant visa, and provided him with a bond hearing, at which bond was granted.

But then ICE realized their mistake and fought for him not to be released. So he is in a bit of a legal limbo.

He isn't the type of people that ICE should be prioritizing. On the other hand it probably isn't possible for a US citizen to go to Ireland, overstay the tourist visa, start a business and live there for 20 years without paperwork. He should have gotten married years ago to get a green card. He only got a work permit in 2025.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are they upset about, that ICE isn’t simply targeting brown and black people?

They are mostly targeting POC.

I’m the OP. To me, the point is that this isn’t just about xenophobia or racism. It’s about Trump and his buddies wanting to kill or enslave most of us in the Blue States. And probably to kill most genuine conservatives, once they’re finished with the liberals.

If this keeps up, being a citizen, white or Republican won’t save most of us who happen to be one of those things.

[Anonymous]

People aren't actually that outraged in Ireland because most people there realize he overstayed his tourist visa by 20 years.

Ireland is not particularly kind to migrants who overstay their visas or who do not have legal status. Instead of marching FOR immigrants the past year there have been thousands marching AGAINST immigrants in Ireland:

They are passing new laws to curtain immigration and have random stops to verify immigrations status. New laws include:

Family reunification applicants who wish to bring relatives from outside the European Economic Area must demonstrate they earn at least the median national wage, currently more than 44,000 euros ($50,997), and have appropriate housing.

Long-term recipients of certain social welfare benefits will be ineligible for citizenship

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People aren't actually that outraged in Ireland because most people there realize he overstayed his tourist visa by 20 years.

Ireland is not particularly kind to migrants who overstay their visas or who do not have legal status. Instead of marching FOR immigrants the past year there have been thousands marching AGAINST immigrants in Ireland:

They are passing new laws to curtain immigration and have random stops to verify immigrations status. New laws include:

Family reunification applicants who wish to bring relatives from outside the European Economic Area must demonstrate they earn at least the median national wage, currently more than 44,000 euros ($50,997), and have appropriate housing.

Long-term recipients of certain social welfare benefits will be ineligible for citizenship

That last bit sounds entirely reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don’t they just put him on a plane back to Ireland? Is it because he has to first go through the courts, get his “day in court” per the due process clause?

I feel like these folks who get taken into custody by ICE should be able to just purchase a plane ticket and have ICE drop them off at the gate. Is that not permitted by our government?

He is imprisoned because he is contesting his deportation. He overstayed his tourist visa in 2009. The article from the Irish Times states,

In Buffalo he was interviewed by an Ice agent, who asked if he would sign a form agreeing to his deportation. Culleton said he refused, and instead ticked a box where detainees can state they wish to contest their arrest. He wrote down that his grounds for contesting were that he was married to a US citizen and had a valid work permit.

ICE made a mistake and if you overstay your visa you don't get due process and can be deported, but the erroneously had him down under another category.

Culleton was initially identified as a VWP [visa-waived tourist] overstay, subject to prompt removal with no right to a bond hearing. Yet, at some point, Respondents confused Culleton as having entered under a non-immigrant visa, and provided him with a bond hearing, at which bond was granted.

But then ICE realized their mistake and fought for him not to be released. So he is in a bit of a legal limbo.

He isn't the type of people that ICE should be prioritizing. On the other hand it probably isn't possible for a US citizen to go to Ireland, overstay the tourist visa, start a business and live there for 20 years without paperwork. He should have gotten married years ago to get a green card. He only got a work permit in 2025.

People are still entitled to due process. That is a completely nonsensical interpretation of the constitution. Detention for people with immigration cases like his is not justified. Detention is limited to people who are a flight risk that are unable to post bond. He has been living here for 20 years and has a wife. There is no reasonably credibly basis to assume he will just disappear and go into hiding to avoid a deportation order if he loses his court case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don’t they just put him on a plane back to Ireland? Is it because he has to first go through the courts, get his “day in court” per the due process clause?

I feel like these folks who get taken into custody by ICE should be able to just purchase a plane ticket and have ICE drop them off at the gate. Is that not permitted by our government?

He is imprisoned because he is contesting his deportation. He overstayed his tourist visa in 2009. The article from the Irish Times states,

In Buffalo he was interviewed by an Ice agent, who asked if he would sign a form agreeing to his deportation. Culleton said he refused, and instead ticked a box where detainees can state they wish to contest their arrest. He wrote down that his grounds for contesting were that he was married to a US citizen and had a valid work permit.

ICE made a mistake and if you overstay your visa you don't get due process and can be deported, but the erroneously had him down under another category.

Culleton was initially identified as a VWP [visa-waived tourist] overstay, subject to prompt removal with no right to a bond hearing. Yet, at some point, Respondents confused Culleton as having entered under a non-immigrant visa, and provided him with a bond hearing, at which bond was granted.

But then ICE realized their mistake and fought for him not to be released. So he is in a bit of a legal limbo.

He isn't the type of people that ICE should be prioritizing. On the other hand it probably isn't possible for a US citizen to go to Ireland, overstay the tourist visa, start a business and live there for 20 years without paperwork. He should have gotten married years ago to get a green card. He only got a work permit in 2025.

People are still entitled to due process. That is a completely nonsensical interpretation of the constitution. Detention for people with immigration cases like his is not justified. Detention is limited to people who are a flight risk that are unable to post bond. He has been living here for 20 years and has a wife. There is no reasonably credibly basis to assume he will just disappear and go into hiding to avoid a deportation order if he loses his court case.

+1. To hold someone in detention at taxpayer expense for 5 months and never move their case is incredibly damaging. Perhaps the Trump admin should prioritize funding its judicial processes, rather than wasting money on SuperBowl ads touting the work of ICE that cost tens of millions of dollars

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did he follow the proper procedures? I see he’s married to a US citizen and is trying to get a green card, but I also read he overstayed a 90 day tourist visa. So wouldn’t he need to go back to Ireland and wait there for some type of visa to come back or issuance of his green card?

It’s a sad situation, but he’s in ICE detention because he refuses to leave voluntarily and follow some sort of process?

These are paperwork violations, not crimes. Why are these people being subjected to imprisonment and torture?

Seriously. Even if this is true (and I've heard the opposite), what kind of demented person would think it's appropriate to lock someone up for months in inhumane conditions of a paperwork issue?

Visa overstays are just as unlawful as someone illegally crossing the southern border on foot.

This guy feels entitled to stay illegally because he is white.

I’m glad that immigration enforcement is not only targeting POC.