A U.S. Army staff sergeant says his wife was "ripped away" by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a Louisiana military base, despite the couple taking steps to regularize her immigration status through marriage.
Annie Ramos, 22, an undocumented immigrant brought to the United States from Honduras as a toddler, was detained last week at Fort Polk after she and her husband, Sgt. Matthew Blank, arrived for an appointment to obtain her military spouse identification. The couple had recently married and were preparing to file her application for legal permanent residency.
