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April 20, 2026
Active-duty Army sergeant's wife detained by ICE during immigration appointment
- Deisy Rivera Ortega was detained by ICE during a parole-in-place interview in El Paso, despite having legal protections against deportation.
- Sgt. First Class Jose Serrano, her husband, has served in the Army for nearly 28 years and is struggling with the emotional impact of her detention, which has worsened his PTSD.
- ICE plans to deport Rivera Ortega to Mexico, despite her legal status preventing removal to her home country of El Salvador, raising serious legal questions.
6 Sources
- Wife of active-duty U.S. Army sergeant detained by ICE in Texas at immigration appointmentApr 20, 2026 at 10:01 AM · CBS News
- Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’Apr 20, 2026 at 8:16 PM · The Guardian
- Wife of active US Army sergeant at risk of deportation to 3rd countryApr 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM · ABC News
- US soldier says wife detained by ICE: 'She followed the rules'Apr 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM · The Hill
- ICE detains wife of US Army soldier in TexasApr 22, 2026 at 1:22 AM · BBC
- Army soldier speaks out after wife is detained by ICE in TexasApr 22, 2026 at 4:35 AM · CNN