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Wife of active-duty Army sergeant is deported to Honduras under Trump's immigration crackdown
DHS said the Honduran woman was targeted in an immigration enforcement operation, and her detention has left the Army family without updates.
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials deported Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo, the wife of active-duty Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez, to her native Honduras on Monday.
- Villafranca-Trejo was arrested by ICE agents outside a Texas Walmart on July 11 while her husband was stationed at nearby Fort Bliss, forcing him to sole-care for their 6-year-old daughter and postpone upcoming military assignments.
- According to an Associated Press tally, Villafranca-Trejo is at least the seventh spouse or parent of an active-duty U.S. service member deported amid broader rollbacks on military family protections.
- Although Villafranca-Trejo entered the U.S. in 2016 and had an in-progress application for military parole-in-place, DHS carried out the deportation based on a 2017 removal order issued after she missed a court hearing that her husband claims she never received notice for.
- Representative Veronica Escobar opened a congressional inquiry into the case, criticizing the administration's policy decisions while the soldier expressed deep uncertainty over how to balance his military career with caring for his child.
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Wife of active-duty Army sergeant deported amid Trump's immigration campaign
An advocacy group says some military families are now "living in the shadows."
·Philadelphia, United States
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The wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier was deported Monday to her native Honduras, according to her family and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
·Pennsylvania, United States
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