On July 11, ICE detained Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo as her family drove home from the grocery store. Last week, she was almost deported to Honduras.
As Juan Quiroz readies to get underway aboard the amphibious assault ship Essex, his wife faces a deportation order and could be kicked out of the country while he's gone, leaving behind their two boys.
Loretto Sullivan and many other military members, veterans and spouses are speaking out about their deportation fears. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said military members are now protected from deportation, but the families want to know, what about the spouses and kids?
Thousands of readers shared the plight of the 7th Special Forces Group veteran whose wife faced deportation. "It means the world to us," former Sgt. 1st Class Bob Crawford said. "I know there's other families in this same situation."
Army Reservists are suing the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security after they joined a program to give them a fast track to citizenship through military service, said a report in the McClatchy DC Bureau.