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June 12, 2026
Retired Army Veteran Urges ICE to Release Wife Facing Deportation Amid Controversial Enforcement
- Retired Army Staff Sergeant Wilmer Trujillo is advocating for the release of his wife, Arelys Barahona-Martinez, who was detained by ICE during a routine check-in.
- Barahona-Martinez has an active deportation order from 2005, complicating her residency application despite her marriage to a U.S. citizen.
- Her attorney is seeking to reopen her immigration case and file for Parole-in-Place to protect her from deportation.
2 Sources
- ICE detains wife of US veteran in latest detention of military spouseJun 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM · BBC
- "It rips my heart apart": U.S. military veteran calls on ICE to release wifeJun 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM · CBS News