Active-duty military spouses detained amid Trump's deportation campaign
Summary
Several spouses and parents of active-duty U.S. military members have been detained or deported during President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign. One example is Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez’s wife, Cristy Villafranca, who was nearly deported despite her immigration case still being active.Key Facts
- Cristy Villafranca, wife of Army Sgt. Turcios Juarez, was detained by ICE outside a Walmart while their 6-year-old daughter watched.
- Villafranca fled Honduras in 2016 to escape violent crime.
- An attempt to deport Villafranca was stopped after Sgt. Turcios Juarez provided proof her case was pending.
- Over 50 parents and spouses of U.S. service members have been detained since President Trump’s second term began.
- At least six of these detained family members have been deported.
- The group Repatriate Our Patriots is working to reunite these military families and is seeking help from Congress.
- None of the military family members detained in these cases were found to have criminal records.
- The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, did not comment on these individual cases.
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