Preston MacDougall<p>Like Melania Knauss, José Reyes was working in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> with an expired or revoked visa. They both married an <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> citizen and started families in order to qualify for a ‘green card’ and path to citizenship. Their paths are quite different after that.</p><p>Former ‘escort’ <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MelaniaTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MelaniaTrump</span></a> is ‘First Lady’ again, but José was ‘disappeared’ by <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a> in May on his way to work in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Nashville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nashville</span></a>. <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2025/07/24/franklin-immigrant-arrested-ice-jose-reyes/85310340007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tennessean.com/story/news/loca</span><span class="invisible">l/williamson/2025/07/24/franklin-immigrant-arrested-ice-jose-reyes/85310340007/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotComply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotComply</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotCollaborateWithFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotCollaborateWithFascists</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a>.</p>