Trump supporter who was ‘mistakenly’ detained by ICE makes sad admission following ordeal

A Donald Trump supporter who was 'mistakenly' detained by ICE has made a sad admission following the alarming ordeal.

Jensy Machado, a naturalised US citizen, has opened up about being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Speaking to News4, Machado explained that he was driving to work last month (5 March) with two other men when he was stopped by ICE agents a short drive from his home.

Machada, who provided News4 with documentation of his legal status, said he was confused when agents started surrounding the pickup truck on Lomond Drive in Manassas, Virginia.

"They just got out of the car with the guns in their hands and say, turn off the car, give me the keys, open the window, you know," he told Telemundo 44.

"Everything was really fast."

Machada explained that the ICE agents said the name of a man they were looking for to deliver a deportation order - an individual who had given Machado’s home address.

He said he told the surrounding agents that this name in question was not his name and offered to show them his real ID compliant Virginia driver’s license.

"They didn’t ask me for any ID," Machado continued. "I was telling the officer, if I can give him ID, but he said just keep my hands up, not moving. After that, he told me to get out of the car and put the handcuffs on me.

Jensy Machado is a naturalised US citizen (NBC)

"And then he went to me and said how did I get into this country and if I was waiting for a court date or if I have any case. And I told him I was an American citizen, and he looked at his other partner like, you know, smiling, like saying, can you believe this guy? Because he asked the other guy, 'Do you believe him?'"

However, after the agents checked his ID, Machada was uncuffed and immediately released while the two other men he was with were taken into custody.

He explained that he was unaware as to reason behind this.

The experience left Machada with doubts regarding the immigration enforcement efforts of the Trump administration, which he voted for.

"Because, like I said, I was a Trump supporter," he said. "I voted for Trump last election, but, because I thought it was going to be the things, you know, like, […] just go against criminals, not every Hispanic looking, like, that they will assume that we are all illegals."

The Virginia resident said the alarming ordeal severely questioned his vote for Trump (Andrew Harnik / Staff / Getty Images)

Machada added: "That’s what they’re doing, now.

"They’re just following Hispanic people."

In a statement to News4 on Saturday, ICE said: "ICE encountered an individual who matched the description of the subject of an operation while conducting a targeted enforcement action.

"ICE officers engaged the individual to verify his identity based on reasonable suspicion, including a likeness to the description of the target. ICE officers immediately determined not to detain the individual after confirming he was not the person of interest and not subject to removal."

Prior to his January inauguration, Trump announced plans to embark on the 'largest deportation programme in history', vowing to deport 'maybe as many as 20 million' people.

"We will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came," he added.

Trump, the first convicted felon to serve in the presidential role, also elaborated by revealing that migrants accused of crimes would be the first targets of the policy.

Tyla has reached out to ICE for further comment.