As ICE deports service member families, Pentagon seeks immigrant communities to serve
Summary
The Pentagon is recruiting more green-card holders to join the military while Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is detaining family members of service members. This includes cases where relatives applying for protections like Military Parole in Place are still being deported despite their loved ones serving in the military.Key Facts
- The Pentagon is actively recruiting immigrants with green cards to serve in the U.S. military.
- Some military families have members detained by ICE even when they have applied for Military Parole in Place, a program meant to protect close relatives of service members.
- Military Parole in Place allows certain undocumented family members of service members to stay in the U.S. temporarily and can help them apply for work permits or legal status.
- Having a pending Military Parole in Place application does not guarantee protection from deportation.
- ICE and the Department of Homeland Security say their immigration enforcement targets serious criminals, yet some detained relatives, like Aniceto Hernandez-Reyna, have no violent crime records.
- Service members say immigration detention of their families adds stress and can affect their ability to focus on their military duties.
- President Donald Trump’s immigration policy aims to focus on "the worst of the worst" offenders.
- The article highlights tension between military reliance on immigrant recruits and aggressive immigration enforcement actions against their families.
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