A Trump Supporter Was Arrested, Shackled, and Jailed by ICE After Forgetting a Form 10 Years Ago
In November 2024, Kasper Eriksen, a father of four from Mississippi, eagerly awaited Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. He was a proud MAGA supporter—hardworking, conservative, with no criminal record, and an active presence on social media defending Trump and his policies.
Six months later, his world was turned upside down. He was shackled and sent to the notorious ICE Processing Center in Central Louisiana, thrown into an overcrowded cell with more than 100 other detainees. His “crime”? Forgetting to file a simple immigration form—the I-751—back in 2015, during a time of deep personal grief following the stillbirth of his child.
Eriksen arrived in the United States from Denmark in 2009. He married, started a family, worked as a welding foreman, paid taxes, and attended every immigration appointment. Yet a single bureaucratic mistake from a decade ago was enough for the current administration to treat him like a criminal.
In April 2025, when he believed he was finally completing his naturalization process, he was arrested without warning. “The caseworker and the U.S. Marshal expressed real remorse… They told us that if this had happened under the previous administration, it probably would have been handled differently. But with this new administration, everything has changed,” Kasper recounted from detention.
He didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye to his wife or children. Today, he is living behind bars, crammed among strangers, granted only a few hours of outdoor time each day, while his family struggles to explain his absence to their young kids. “At first, we kept it vague—we told them Daddy had to stay for some extra paperwork. Then we said he was in a hotel. Now… they understand it’s not a hotel,” said his wife Savannah, holding back tears.
This isn’t an isolated case. It reveals a cruel paradox: many immigrants who supported Trump believed his “law and order” rhetoric wouldn’t apply to them as long as they followed the rules. But in reality, a missed deadline, a misunderstood form, or a personal tragedy can destroy a life.
Kasper puts it clearly from his cell: “Some have expired visas, some have minor or major offenses. But I’d say many of these people are victims of miscommunication.”
Kasper Eriksen’s story is a warning to those who still believe the immigration system only punishes “the bad guys.” The truth is harsher. Without compassion and common sense, any immigrant—no matter how exemplary—can fall victim to a merciless system, even if they were loyal supporters of those now enabling their detention.
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