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(12,003 posts)
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:11 AM Thursday

Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff

Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff, The Daily Beast, 6/12/25
. . .
The six men, all from Nicaragua, were pulled over in a work truck on May 27 while heading to a job—and carted off to jail.

Scardina, who runs a small roofing business in Florida’s Lower Keys, cannot believe it. “It’s quite a shock. You get to know these guys, you become their friends—not just an employer but a friend,” he told NBC6, visibly emotional.

Adding to Scardina’s annoyance, the men had valid work permits and pending asylum applications, according to their attorney Regilucia Smith.

“They are legally here,” she said. “Valid work permit, not even close to expired… again, no criminal records—not here, not in Nicaragua.”
. . .
Scardina isn’t alone. He says other contractors in the area are being hit hard too. “I know of one landscaper that lost nine or 10 of his whole crew he had and he’s just totally out of business all of a sudden, just like that.”

More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-voter-gets-choked-up-after-ice-detains-a-third-of-his-staff/ar-AA1GzzTn


Back to Scardina - the Monroe County sheriff's office said they were transported to a local detention facility “for deportation.”

three of the ((six) workers have now been transferred to detention centers in Texas and California. (remember they were seized in Key West, FL)
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Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff (Original Post) progree Thursday OP
Where did you think they would find those 11 million to deport, stupid? UpInArms Thursday #1
Go woke or go broke, Mr. Trump voting moron. Wake the fuck up bro, he's a con Blues Heron Thursday #2
Like the piece-of-shit Governor of my state (Texas) says: "FAFO." (nt) Paladin Thursday #3
He's liable to FO SARose Thursday #11
Find your local tribe and SHOW UP -- www.nokings.org OMGWTF Thursday #37
It's becoming very difficult to find suitable workers to exploit. bluedigger Thursday #4
Exactly right Farmer-Rick Thursday #14
She started out cheap... rubbersole Thursday #32
Ok Abstractartist Thursday #5
I feel bad for all those workers, but not for him. patphil Thursday #6
And yet JBTaurus83 Thursday #7
Yes he will vote for Trump again. Even if he loses everything. Irish_Dem Thursday #31
Did he go to a rally and hold a sign that says "mass deportations now". What part didn't he understand? Walleye Thursday #8
Quit whining, Trumpster. Start hiring republicans who now get their jobs back. Norrrm Thursday #9
Yep IbogaProject Thursday #39
Rubio is able-bodied and from Florida. Dr. T Thursday #40
I am sick of hearing this SARose Thursday #10
They're going into a detention facility, and HE'S crying? Aristus Thursday #12
That nazi can fuck straight off with those crocodile tears. Basso8vb Thursday #13
So how are people legally here being deported? hadEnuf Thursday #15
sounds like it doesn't it? LittleGirl Thursday #23
Who is stopping them? Marthe48 Thursday #25
They don't care about documents or legal status IronLionZion Thursday #29
So there is no basis at all for picking up and incarcerating people with legal status? hadEnuf Thursday #44
How does it feel to sleep withe enemy dude.............and now your crying...................boo fucking hooo turbinetree Thursday #16
ROFLMAO!! Oh wait....that was suppose to happen to the OTHER guy right?? Bengus81 Thursday #17
He was looking for cheap piece meal work labors...............Florida immigration is crashing........... turbinetree Thursday #20
Odd definition of "friend" LatteLady Thursday #18
Here are Yelp pages with pictures of the workers he sacrificed to his fascist god: NBachers Thursday #19
I don't know how anyone lives like that LittleGirl Thursday #24
My inlaws lived in Sarasota BonnieJW Thursday #41
I haven't been in FL for at least a decade LittleGirl Thursday #42
Rejoice! Now the Maggots can go and re-claim all the jobs that were taken away from them! NBachers Thursday #43
They need to get their whiny asses to Ventura County & pick those strawberries PDQ too Attilatheblond Thursday #46
The reviews! progressoid Thursday #30
Rebuild after the next hurricane? KT2000 Thursday #21
Sheeeet, I Never Thought RobinA Thursday #26
So much still left to clean up/fix in LA area after those fires. But, ICE is scooping up the hard working laborers. Attilatheblond Thursday #47
Leopards are eating way too much it's bad for their health IronLionZion Thursday #22
vincent sardina: wave goodbye to your friends and employees as they are dragged off to various out of state "detention" orleans Thursday #27
fuck that owner gopiscrap Thursday #28
So, to recap Bettie Thursday #33
I just hope he does something about it. Martin68 Thursday #34
Fuck you. You voted for this. Fuck you. Iggo Thursday #35
Another member of The Leopards Eating People Faces Party LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #36
ATTN Vincent Scardina being stupid does not give you protection from the blow back from your ..... Botany Thursday #38
These poor workers - what about their homes, families? colorado_ufo Thursday #45
Sorry. Katinfl Thursday #48
This message was self-deleted by its author 33taw Thursday #49
Leopards baby, leopards! Clouds Passing Thursday #50
It's no longer F*** Around and Find Out... kevinore Thursday #51
I bet he will still vote for trump mucifer Thursday #52
Waah. mwb970 Thursday #53
FAFO AverageOldGuy Thursday #54
He has that slave owner attitude LittleGirl Thursday #55

Farmer-Rick

(11,779 posts)
14. Exactly right
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:38 AM
Thursday

Now, they will have to hire other people of color to pay less than minimum wage to, make work excessive hours and ignore safety requirements for. And maybe those people aren't so afraid of being deported.

Ice should take a look at the employees at pedo Trump's places. He likes to hire and marry cheap immigrant labor.

rubbersole

(9,921 posts)
32. She started out cheap...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:39 AM
Thursday

..bet it's pretty expensive (money wise) now. She'll always be cheap.

Abstractartist

(249 posts)
5. Ok
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:26 AM
Thursday

Sorry, but I somewhat don’t feel sorry for any MAGA voter who is suffering now. I feel for the innocent workers and legal immigrants that have worked hard to come here.

Everyone who voted for Trump knew what was going to happen. He blabbered it every chance he got. They cheered and yelled for him to do it, yet it came down to this simple fact…..THEY COULD NOT HANDLE A SMART MIXED RACE WOMAN AS PRESIDENT…..

So f all you sad, crying, going bankrupt MAGAts, because I don’t give 2 shits about any of you.

patphil

(7,955 posts)
6. I feel bad for all those workers, but not for him.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:28 AM
Thursday

Trump told us what he was going to do about immigration when he was running for election, and now he's doing it.
Scardina's concern is a bit late.
Miller, Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, Rubio...these are just a few of the loveless people Trump has around him. Not to mention Border Czar Tom Homan. They aren't interested in the status of immigrants, they're only numbers to these people.
It's the "body count" that's important...got to make those quotas.

JBTaurus83

(526 posts)
7. And yet
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:31 AM
Thursday

These same worthless scum bags will continue to support fascism. It seems impossible to get them out of this.

Walleye

(41,024 posts)
8. Did he go to a rally and hold a sign that says "mass deportations now". What part didn't he understand?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:33 AM
Thursday

IbogaProject

(4,511 posts)
39. Yep
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:10 PM
Thursday

Time to climb up on that ladder with whomever you can hire. Just be careful as getting health insurance payouts for coverage might be difficult now.

Dr. T

(268 posts)
40. Rubio is able-bodied and from Florida.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:14 PM
Thursday

He can start installing shingles any day he wants. Same with Bondi and Noam. What are his kids doing these days? All of a sudden,
there's plenty of room for more workers on the rooftops of Florida.

SARose

(1,560 posts)
10. I am sick of hearing this
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:38 AM
Thursday

You voted for this. The deal is you never believed it would affect YOU.

Even after possibly losing your business, I’ll betcha a dollar you would vote for the convicted serial rapist and felon again.

Pfffttt


Aristus

(70,175 posts)
12. They're going into a detention facility, and HE'S crying?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:04 AM
Thursday

Fuck you, asshole! You voted for this! This is your fault!

Basso8vb

(1,141 posts)
13. That nazi can fuck straight off with those crocodile tears.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:04 AM
Thursday

Fuck him, I don't fucking care.

hadEnuf

(3,253 posts)
15. So how are people legally here being deported?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:38 AM
Thursday

Has their legal status been revoked? Otherwise, their apprehension and incarceration are totally illegal.

LittleGirl

(8,773 posts)
23. sounds like it doesn't it?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:02 AM
Thursday

Just like revoking Global Entry for US citizens. Chris Crebs' was revoked.

I think they just want to dismiss everyone that has brown skin out of the country.
Go away. We don't want your kind here is what I've heard before.

They suck and I hate those people.

Marthe48

(20,867 posts)
25. Who is stopping them?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:04 AM
Thursday

The (formerly) s.c. has smeared poop on the wall and is sitting back saying, 'look what I did!"
Congress, senate, the all mighty rich support every illegal action and will let our country go to hell if they think they'll benefit.

IronLionZion

(49,175 posts)
29. They don't care about documents or legal status
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:28 AM
Thursday

they have detained plenty of US citizens too. The dirtiest part of their plan is that the ones here following the laws, registered and have regular check-ins with ICE, and doing things the right way, are easiest to find. They can be found at work sites and court houses and ICE offices.

ICE rammed a car with a family inside to arrest one, all were US citizens.

hadEnuf

(3,253 posts)
44. So there is no basis at all for picking up and incarcerating people with legal status?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:23 PM
Thursday

I thought there may be at least some question about status, no matter how small or hairsplitting. If they are simply deporting people without legal reason except for a bastardization of a 1797 law, then no one is safe and the Trump administration needs to be removed.

turbinetree

(26,226 posts)
16. How does it feel to sleep withe enemy dude.............and now your crying...................boo fucking hooo
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:40 AM
Thursday

no sympathy................you got what you voted for.............

turbinetree

(26,226 posts)
20. He was looking for cheap piece meal work labors...............Florida immigration is crashing...........
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:55 AM
Thursday

look at what this guy is doing with tomatoes..............and just guess who is going to pay higher prices for future tomatoes prices...............and these people voted for this con artist ............again boo fucking whooo.............they were warned...............

https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-farmers-now-plowing-over-130000347.html

LatteLady

(66 posts)
18. Odd definition of "friend"
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:46 AM
Thursday

This person, like so many other Trump voters, has ZERO sense of how their vote for Trump has caused this harm and misery. No sense of accountability or responsibility. He thinks he is their FRIEND? The complete inability to see that his own choice of action doomed them.

Hint to brown and black people (and women): Trump voters are not your friends.

NBachers

(18,627 posts)
19. Here are Yelp pages with pictures of the workers he sacrificed to his fascist god:
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:48 AM
Thursday
https://yelp.to/crWZEtAj3j

Edited to add: Roofing work in Key West has to be hard, difficult work. First, it gets hot, then the daily summer monsoon rains come, then the air is like a steam bath.

BonnieJW

(2,928 posts)
41. My inlaws lived in Sarasota
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:38 PM
Thursday

I visited them twice. It was two visits too many. The heat, humidity, stupidity, and bugs were beyond intolerable

LittleGirl

(8,773 posts)
42. I haven't been in FL for at least a decade
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:05 PM
Thursday

and it was near the Alabama coast when I was on vacation. I have never been to Disney world even though I was there as a kid when they were building it. Haven't been back since.

NBachers

(18,627 posts)
43. Rejoice! Now the Maggots can go and re-claim all the jobs that were taken away from them!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:18 PM
Thursday

Attilatheblond

(6,303 posts)
46. They need to get their whiny asses to Ventura County & pick those strawberries PDQ too
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:03 PM
Thursday

I got a little home sick yesterday, watching Jacob Soboroff reporting from a field I have driven past thousands of times. The magas should go pick those strawberries, at least the weather there is better than FL.

progressoid

(51,478 posts)
30. The reviews!
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:34 AM
Thursday
The Scardinas promised to make my roof great again, but their service is non-existent due to staffing shortages.


Vincent Scardina put the roof on our house and two days later it just blew away. Terrible job. Awful owner. I hear he likes TACOs. Weird.


Supported an authoritarian dumpster moron and has a surprised pikachu face when his own workers are taken away. get the frick real. what a terrible owner and he even said they were his 'friends'. YOU F'D up vincent you moron. and your work sucks now.


RobinA

(10,378 posts)
26. Sheeeet, I Never Thought
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:09 AM
Thursday

of that angle. Just sorry for the people who didn't vote Trump.

Attilatheblond

(6,303 posts)
47. So much still left to clean up/fix in LA area after those fires. But, ICE is scooping up the hard working laborers.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:08 PM
Thursday

The day laborers tend to gather where contractors and regular homeowners know they can easily hire them for short term but very necessary work. ICE goes there and grabs people. Contractors and private home owners can't do it all without help. Boo Hoo for the idiots that voted themselves into this pickle.

IronLionZion

(49,175 posts)
22. Leopards are eating way too much it's bad for their health
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:57 AM
Thursday

Force feeding leopards is animal abuse at this point

orleans

(36,113 posts)
27. vincent sardina: wave goodbye to your friends and employees as they are dragged off to various out of state "detention"
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:16 AM
Thursday

centers and possibly deported. maybe even shed a tear or two as you call out to them: "SORRY BUT I VOTED FOR THIS..."

dickhead!

"Vincent Scardina supported Donald Trump’s tough stance on immigration at the ballot box. But that decision came back to bite the roofing boss when ICE detained a third of his workforce."

Bettie

(18,385 posts)
33. So, to recap
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:44 AM
Thursday

voted for Face Eating Leopards....is shocked when leopards eat faces.

I'd tell him that I'm confused....thought he would be happy that his guy is keeping his promise to get rid of them.

I have become a much less kind person since November. I have no sympathy for anyone who voted for that creature.

ETA: I bet he'd vote for him again tomorrow as that seems to be the way these magats operate.

Botany

(74,437 posts)
38. ATTN Vincent Scardina being stupid does not give you protection from the blow back from your .....
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 12:02 PM
Thursday

…… stupid decisions. Krasnov told you exactly what he was going to do and that was to
be a dictator from day one and that he was going to go after Hispanic people and deport
them. And you Vincent of the “People Republic of Jack Wagons” who has Hispanic employees
still voted for him. I hope he goes bankrupt and loses everything





colorado_ufo

(6,083 posts)
45. These poor workers - what about their homes, families?
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:57 PM
Thursday

All I hear is whining about business problems - not a word of concern about the fate of these good, hard working people!

Katinfl

(376 posts)
48. Sorry.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 03:13 PM
Thursday

Saw him on MSNBC yesterday and he admitted he voted for trump but never thought it would get to this. FAFO. No sympathy for him or anyone else in this situation. I only have feelings for the innocent people caught up in this nonsense. They are only trying to abide by the rules and make a decent living. As for this guy crying the blues, I could not care less.

Response to progree (Original post)

kevinore

(72 posts)
51. It's no longer F*** Around and Find Out...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 05:49 PM
Thursday

It's no longer F*** Around and Find Out, now it's F*** Around and F*** Over.

LittleGirl

(8,773 posts)
55. He has that slave owner attitude
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:45 PM
Thursday

“I fed them good and gave them a roof over their head. That was a good life for them there black negroes. Nowadays, they speak Mexican and are hard workers willing to work, even for the slave wages I pay them, because that’s how it is.”

Am I right?

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