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U.S. Army Sergeant Speaks Out After Wife Is Deported — Military Families Are Losing Immigration Protections

Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juárez, right, and his wife, Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo, left, who was detained by ICE in July. (Credit: Photo courtesy of Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juárez)

An Army sergeant stationed at Fort Bliss is adjusting to solo parenthood this week after his wife was put on a flight to Honduras, closing out a six-week stretch in immigration custody that began with an ordinary errand at a Walmart. Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo now ranks among at least seven spouses and parents of active-duty troops removed from the country since officials pulled back the leeway once extended to military households — a tally an Associated Press investigation has been tracking as the pattern grows.

A Walmart Trip Ends in Weeks of Detention

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