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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Manuel Demegillo

US Soldier Fights to Stop Wife's Deportation After Her Detention in Louisiana Military Base

Matthew Blank and Annie Ramos posing for a wedding photo. (Credit: Jen Rickling via the Associated Press)

A US Army staff sergeant is fighting to stop his wife's deportation after ICE agents detained her on the same military base where he is stationed.

Staff Sgt. Matthew Blank brought his wife, Annie Ramos, to Fort Polk, Louisiana, so she could process her green card along with other military benefits through Blank, The New York Times reported. Ramos, a Honduran immigrant who was brought to the United States as a young child, has a deportation order dating back to 2005 when she was less than two years old.

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