Brent Jindra voted for Trump three times. Then ICE handcuffed his Russian wife at the airport in California and ended his support for the president.
In mid-July, officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a Russian citizen, Galina Bobreneva, in California. She arrived in the country in late 2021 and, according to her lawyer, has been in the United States legally ever since. She is awaiting a green card based on her marriage to a U.S. citizen. ICE officers sent her to a detention center anyway, where she spent more…
In mid-July, a Russian citizen named Galina Bobreneva was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in California. She had arrived in the country legally in late 2021 and was awaiting a green card based on her marriage to a U.S. citizen. ICE officers took her to a detention center, where she spent over two weeks in cold conditions with limited resources.
Bobreneva's husband, Brent Jindra, is a staunch supporter of Donald Trump and had voted for him three times. Jindra petitioned to sponsor Bobreneva for a marriage-based green card after their December 2025 wedding. However, shortly after their return from a trip to Burbank, California, ICE officers approached them at the airport and detained Bobreneva for secondary screening.
Despite providing paperwork proving her legal status, she was handcuffed and taken away in an unmarked car. Jindra visited his wife multiple times a week, advocating for her release, but she was eventually released on a $35,000 bond with an ankle monitor on July 29. Her first court hearing is scheduled for October 22.
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