Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’
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Federal agents detained a US Army sergeant's wife during an immigration appointment despite her legal protection.
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Federal immigration agents detained Deisy Rivera Ortega, wife of US Army Sergeant First Class Jose Serrano, during an immigration appointment in El Paso, Texas. Ortega, a Salvadoran, has been in the US since 2016 and married Serrano in 2022. This detention occurred despite Ortega having legal protection from deportation to El Salvador since 2019. Sergeant Serrano, who has 27 years of military service, stated that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, under the Trump administration, arrested his wife, calling the agency "out of control."
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