For 20 years, Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending deportation to Hong Kong has hit the community hard.
By Jack Healy
Photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis
May 28, 2025
“I voted for Donald Trump, and so did practically everyone here,” said Vanessa Cowart, a friend of Ms. Hui from church. “But no one voted to deport moms. "
Eh… Yes you did. And you heard about the deportation of sick kids. Now you’re up in arms because it directly affects you.
100% classic lack of empathy. Oh, now that is happened to me I can see the problem. Jesus fucking Christ.
I think that you’re missing the point here. People who had some vision of ICE taking out violent criminals now see something different and they they are taking a stand against it. And it’s not happening to them, but to a single Chinese worker who they all love. That’s solidarity, even if they may not call it such.
Something similar happened in NY state in the town of the border czar.
These events give me hope for the future. There is no point at all in finger-wagging at Trump voters. When the tariffs and Medicaid cuts come down, we will see many more people’s consciousness change.
Eh… Yes you did. And you heard about the deportation of sick kids. Now you’re up in arms because it directly affects you.
100% classic lack of empathy. Oh, now that is happened to me I can see the problem. Jesus fucking Christ.
I think that you’re missing the point here. People who had some vision of ICE taking out violent criminals now see something different and they they are taking a stand against it. And it’s not happening to them, but to a single Chinese worker who they all love. That’s solidarity, even if they may not call it such. Something similar happened in NY state in the town of the border czar.
These events give me hope for the future. There is no point at all in finger-wagging at Trump voters. When the tariffs and Medicaid cuts come down, we will see many more people’s consciousness change.