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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c826cc636f729590cc7b42de13206327 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#210505;font-size:14px"><strong>&#8216;I took full responsibility for my actions but for them to use my case for political gain on TV was unjust. Humiliating. When I thought it couldn&#8217;t get worse, it did. I was center stage in front of a nation, public scrutiny at its finest!&#8217; </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b16a5dc2b09850b8de482648cdcd02a5 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#210505;font-size:14px"><strong>Illegal immigrant convicted for brutal murder of Michigan woman sues President Trump, demands $75 million, apology, US citizenship </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7c92d262244065f4ed5d367488c82418 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#210505;font-size:14px"><strong>Mexican immigrant Brandon Ortiz-Vite was convicted for the murder of his girlfriend in March 2024 </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5df25822453dcf4790578b9dc20d624e wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#210505;font-size:14px"><strong>The 27-year-old Mexican citizen, is serving 39 to 100 years in prison after he pled guilty to killing 25-year-old Ruby Garcia </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53c141c038e937639acae7499cf8c5b8 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#210505;font-size:14px"><strong>Ortiz-Vite entered the country illegally as a child and was allowed to stay in the US under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which expired on May 10, 2019 </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f6977a1c66ca594cf25d9350e8c9ebf3 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#210505;font-size:14px"><strong>Ortiz-Vite had been deported previously in 2020, under the first Trump administration, but since re-entered the country illegally </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Mexican immigrant Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 27, pled guilty to killing his girlfriend in March 2024. Ortiz-Vite entered the country illegally as a child and was allowed to stay in the US under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which expired on May 10, 2019</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">An illegal immigrant who brutally murdered a Michigan woman has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump over remarks the President made about him on the campaign trail.<br>Brandon Ortiz-Vite, a 27-year-old Mexican citizen, is serving 39 to 100 years in prison after he pled guilty to killing his girlfriend Ruby Garcia, 25, two years ago.<br>On Friday March 22, 2024, Garcia&#8217;s body was found on Highway US 131 in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. She had been shot in the head multiple times, then pushed her out of a car. <br>After the body was identified by investigators, the deceased woman&#8217;s boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, turned himself in. <br>He was detained and charged with felony murder, open murder, carjacking, carrying a concealed weapon and felony use of a firearm.<br>The murder suspect, an illegal migrant Ortiz-Vite had been deported previously in 2020, under the first Trump administration, but since re-entered the country illegally. <br>Days after the slain woman&#8217;s body was found, then candidate Donald Trump held a rally in Grand Rapids. <br>The candidate was unrelenting showcasing tackling illegal immigration a cornerstone from first day in office.<br>Citing the deeds of Ortiz-Vite, Trump labeled the killer &#8216;America&#8217;s problem.&#8217; <br>Trump also used the killer&#8217;s mugshot in campaign ads, according to <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2026/07/ruby-garcias-killer-sues-trump-for-immigration-ads-seeks-citizenship-and-millions.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="">Michigan Live</a>.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Victim: Ortiz-Vite shot Ruby Garcia, [photo], 25, in the head multiple times, then pushed her out of a car on Highway US 131 in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, <strong>in March 2024</strong> </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ortiz-Vite filed a lawsuit against Trump and White House communications director Steven Cheung seeking $75.5 million, a public apology and US citizenship, claiming the publicity caused him severe emotional anguish and forced him to take a plea deal. <br>&#8216;It all became clear to me when I first met with my court-appointed attorneys. They explained how my case had now gotten blown out of proportion and was now a high-profile case!&#8217; he wrote in the court filing. <br>&#8216;The shock in their eyes and the tears from mine were a reaction to my realization that I was living everyone&#8217;s worst nightmare! To be publicly infamous &#8211; a target! To the United States of America, from here everything went downhill. I was now labeled a cold-blooded murderer in the eyes of the people of this nation.&#8217; </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Days after <strong>Ruby Garc</strong>ia&#8217;s slaying, President candidate Donald Trump on the campaign trail, held a rally in Grand Rapids, MI, where he labeled Brandon Ortiz-Vite &#8216;America&#8217;s problem&#8217;. The convict is now demanding an apology, $75 million and US citizenship for the &#8216;castigation&#8217;. </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, the killer stayed in the country past his DACA expiration date and was deported in 2020, after he was arrested for drunk driving. It is unclear when he re-entered the country, still undocumented.<br>In his lawsuit, Ortiz-Vite claimed that Trump&#8217;s spotlight on his immigration status made him feel pressured to plead guilty.<br>&#8216;I was put into a category. Who I was as a person no longer mattered! What only mattered was my race,&#8217; Ortiz-Vite wrote.<br>&#8216;My case and immigration status! Once again, it belittled me, shattered my dignity and what I was as a person.&#8217;<br>He claimed that the attention isolated him while behind bars and has made him a target for other inmates.<br>&#8216;The shame it brought to my family name is a reality I have to live with now,&#8217; he wrote.<br>&#8216;I took full responsibility for my actions but for them to use my case for political gain on TV was unjust. Humiliating. When I thought it couldn&#8217;t get worse, it did. I was center stage in front of a nation, public scrutiny at its finest!&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ortiz-Vite [center], is seeking $75.5 million, a public apology and US citizenship, claiming the publicity from Trump caused him severe emotional anguish and forced him to take a plea deal</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ortiz-Vite is seeking $75.5 million in punitive damages for himself and his family, a public apology from Trump and &#8216;naturalization to this beautiful country.&#8217;<br>He is representing himself in the lawsuit and filed it from his prison cell at the Chippewa Correctional Facility.<br></p>

Undocumented migrant convicted for brutal murder of Michigan woman sues President Trump, demands $75 million, apology, US citizenship
