'Don't regret the vote': Trump fan doubles down on MAGA even after ICE arrests wife

A man who voted for Donald Trump claims he doesn't regret his decision, even though the president's mass deportation order has threatened to tear his family apart, Newsweek reported.

Bradley Bartell's Peruvian-born wife Camila Muñoz was detained by ICE in February when the two returned from their honeymoon in Puerto Rico.

Muñoz admitted that she overstayed her initial visa "but was working toward obtaining permanent residency in the United States," according to Newsweek. Muñoz has no criminal record, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a January news conference that that doesn't matter.

"If an individual is overstaying their visa, they are, therefore, an illegal immigrant residing in this country, and they are subject to deportation," Leavitt said.

Muñoz is currently being held in a private detention center in Louisiana.

Bartell's first thoughts as his wife was detained were, "What the f— do I do?" but he now tells Newsweek in an exclusive interview, "I don't regret the vote" for Trump.

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He claimed that Trump didn't create the system, "but he does have an opportunity to improve it. Hopefully, all this attention will bring to light how broken it is."

Bartell recounted to Newsweek about the emotional toll of the situation: "It's all been a nightmare really, taking things as they come and moving forward," he said. "We have an attorney. The system for getting people through seems to be very inefficient, so it is taking longer than it should."

Bartell's admission that he stands by Trump despite the turmoil the deportation policy has caused has led to "intense public scrutiny," Newsweek reported.

"I've received a lot of hateful messages, plenty of people saying we deserve this. And a lot of other insults," Bartell said.

He told Newsweek that he would follow his wife if she's forced to leave the United States. "It has crossed my mind to move to Peru if she gets deported, but it would be very difficult for my son."

Read the Newsweek story here.