Trump’s immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents: AP
The AP found at least 8 immediate family members remain in custody as the administration says military service does not exempt immigrants from enforcement.
- An Associated Press investigation revealed at least 51 parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops have been detained by immigration authorities since President Donald Trump took office for his second term.
- At least six military family members have been deported and eight remain in federal custody, according to court records compiled by the AP in the first comprehensive accounting of such cases.
- The arrests reflect a policy shift rolling back traditional protections that historically shielded non-citizen military relatives from deportation while they applied to adjust their legal status.
- The Department of Homeland Security does not track military family detentions, forcing researchers and attorneys to piece together numbers through federal court filings and direct verification.
- Military experts and service members warn the crackdown undermines troop readiness, leaving deployed or active personnel without family support, disrupting duty focus, and forcing some to take leaves of absence.
138 Articles
138 Articles
Soldier's wife hauled off by ICE during green card appointment: 'Really betrayed'
An 11-year Army soldier said he felt shocked and betrayed after ICE agents stormed into his wife's green card interview and detained her, Newsweek reported on Thursday.Staff Sergeant Alexis Jaramillo, 43, described the disbelief after his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, 32, was ripped from his side durin...
Donald Trump’s government arrested dozens of U.S. military parents and spouses on active duty by curtailing immigration protections for soldiers’ families in order to boost their mass deportation agenda, according to an investigation by The Associated Press. The PA determined that more than 50 parents and spouses of active-duty armed forces members have been arrested since Trump began his second term, and that at least six have been deported, in…
AP Report: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, an Associated Press investigation found.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 60% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
