She looks White to a degree but she's not so off she went to the

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..ICE hate minority detention center...

Release from ICE detention brings relief and lingering trauma for wife of Army reservist

After four months and several court hearings, the wife of a U.S. Army Reserve Black Hawk pilot was released last week from an ICE detention facility in Houston.

Stephanie Kenny-Velasquez, who is from Venezuela, was detained in December just two days after marrying Chris Busby. On Tuesday, Busby, 28, stood outside the detention center with flowers and a smile waiting to hug his wife for the first time this year.

“I just can’t believe it,” he said on the phone. “We’ve waited so long.”

Kenny-Velasquez was released after a federal judge ruled that her due process rights had been violated when immigration officers detained her last year. She had previously applied for asylum and was released into the U.S. in 2021.

Still, Kenny-Velasquez said she couldn’t let herself celebrate until she was back in his arms.

“I was in shock. I’m still in shock,” Kenny-Velasquez, 25, said Wednesday. “I’m just trying to process everything.”

In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said all of Kenny-Velasquez's claims will be heard in immigration court and "will receive full due process."

But her pending asylum case does not grant her legal status in the U.S, the statement continued, noting that she was released into the country under the Biden, not Trump, administration .

“Being in detention is a choice. We encourage all illegal aliens to take control of their departure with the CBP Home App," the statement read in part.

Kenny-Velasquez's first night home wasn’t as easy as she hoped. She cried thinking about the dozens of other women who were still inside the large room they shared for several months. Without any privacy, the 60 or so detainees, who speak a range of languages, had grown close.

Some were from Spanish-speaking countries like El Salvador, Honduras and Cuba. Others came to the United States in search of a better life from Vietnam, Russia, Romania and China, she said.

“There’s people with family, with kids. I feel bad because I’m here and they’re still inside,” she said. “Chris said it’s called survivor’s guilt.”

The oldest person she met, a woman from Venezuela, was 72 and had difficulty accessing medication on several occasions, Kenny-Velasquez said.

In the emailed statement, DHS said all detainees receive medical, dental and mental health care within 12 hours of arriving at a facility and have access to 24-hour emergency care.

Kenny-Velasquez said the women slept in bunk beds and shared a bathroom without doors, even for shower stalls and toilets. They woke up at 4:30 a.m. for breakfast — usually oatmeal and bread — and spent the rest of the day reading, talking or cleaning. The women had to be awake at 10 p.m. for the final head count. Gripped with fear and panic, they found sleep was nearly impossible, and Kenny-Velasquez said she endured multiple anxiety attacks.

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Sure, her husband is White but not her so ICE hate dragged her away too...

U.S. Army Sergeant Watched ICE Agents Drag His Wife Away on Their First Day as a Military Family

The newly married wife of a U.S. Army staff sergeant was reportedly apprehended by the authorities last week when she visited her husband’s Louisiana base to establish her military spouse benefits. This might affect the soldier’s future deployment.

Annie Ramos, a 22-year-old woman from Honduras, is currently pursuing higher education. She does not have a criminal record. Ramos has been incarcerated in a detention facility in Basile, Louisiana, following her visit to Fort Polk with her new husband, Staff Sgt. Matthew Blank.

The couple, who were recently married on April 1st in Houston, made arrangements for a 2 pm appointment at the base’s visitor center on Wednesday. They were able to show her passport, birth certificate, her U.S.-issued marriage license, and his military ID. When the couple was asked about her visa or green card, the matter took another turn when the staff summoned the base’s criminal investigations division and even ICE.

Blank says they intended to visit the place to obtain her military ID and begin the process for her military spouse benefits. After this, she was supposed to join him after Easter.

Instead, she was handcuffed and transferred to another building, where she was handed over to ICE agents who escorted her out.

Jen Rickling, Blank’s mother, stated that the agents apologized for their actions, saying that it was necessary for them to take the steps that they had taken.

Ramos entered the country as a toddler and settled down in Houston. In 2005, when she was two years old, she was deported in absentia by the immigration judge. An immigration lawyer has described this as a routine practice during this period.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed her arrest, stating that Ramos has no legal status in the country and has a final removal order.

Ramos had applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in 2020, but her application was refused as the program had already been suspended for new applicants by the previous government.

Prior to their marriage, the couple engaged an immigration lawyer to initiate the residence procedure. The experts agree that, normally, spouses of U.S. citizens, regardless of whether they have any prior deportation order against them, are not arrested and can adjust their status.

Stock pointed out that, before the deportation policy adopted during President Donald Trump’s tenure, Ramos would not have been apprehended. She stated that in this case, the military would simply issue her a military ID and advise the couple to complete some immigration paperwork.

According to Stock, ICE can deport Ramos at any moment. She termed this case a national security threat.

“The U.S. Army is treating this man poorly, and that is dangerous to our national security in a time of war,” she said. “This is a big issue for this soldier. His focus should not be on this.”

The couple’s attorney filed a motion asking ICE to release her pending the reopening of the 2005 deportation order, which would effectively block her removal. Over the weekend, Blank and his mother came to the detention center with a green card application that required only Ramos’ signature, but the guards prevented them from entering with the form.

Gaby Pacheco, president of TheDream.US, an organization that funded Ramos’ biochemistry degree, sent a letter of recommendation .

On the phone from the detention facility, Ramos identified herself as American on every point.

“Everything that matters to me is American. I’ve grown up here, I’m American. My family and husband are here.”

Matthew Blank, who has seen active service in the Middle East and Europe, says that his commanders have been very understanding about his situation. The couple is determined to get married and start a family.

The U.S. Army was not reachable for comment.

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There goes another one involving our military members:

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The wife of a U.S. Army sergeant was being held Tuesday at an immigration detention facility in El Paso, Texas, amid signs that the Trump administration is dialing back leniency toward immigrant family members of military personnel and veterans.

Jose Serrano, an active duty soldier who served three tours in Afghanistan, said immigration agents arrested his wife April 14 as they attended an appointment with immigration services to take steps toward her permanent residency.

“A person opened the door, escorted us through the hallway, and at the end of the hallway, my wife got arrested,” Serrano said. “Arrested without any order, any warrant ... They took away my wife. They don’t tell me anything.”

Since then, El Salvador native Deisy Rivera Ortega has challenged her detention in U.S. District Court and requested an order to block her deportation to Mexico — where she does not have ties and visits by active duty U.S. troops are restricted.

Attorney Matthew James Kozik said Rivera Ortega held a valid work permit and was previously granted a withholding of removal to El Salvador.

The Department of Homeland Security said in an email that Rivera Ortega entered the U.S. illegally in 2016 and that a judge issued a final order of removal in December 2019.

“Work authorization does not confer any legal status to be in the country. Rivera-Ortega remains in ICE custody pending removal,” the agency said. The agency did not address whether Rivera Ortega might be deported to Mexico.

Rivera Ortega was being held at El Paso Service Processing Center, where Serrano says he was able to visit Sunday and talk to his wife through a plastic pane.

She applied for consideration with her husband under the “parole in place” policy that previously provided a possibly expedited pathway to permanent residency for spouses of service members.

But last April, DHS eliminated a 2022 policy that considered military service of an immediate family member to be a “significant mitigating factor” in deciding whether or not to pursue immigration enforcement. The administration’s new policy states that “military service alone does not exempt aliens from the consequences of violating U.S. immigration laws.”