ICE arrests newlywed wife of Army soldier at military base [View all]
Source: ABC News
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested the wife of a U.S. Army staff sergeant at the military base where he is stationed just days after the couple married, an attorney representing the family told ABC News.
On April 2, Sergeant Matthew Blank, 23, and his wife Annie Ramos, 22, were joined by relatives at Fort Polk, Louisiana, who were there to help register Ramos as a military spouse and get her moved in, Blank’s mother Jen Rickling told ABC News. But soon, ICE agents entered the facility and detained Ramos.
“I never imagined that trying to do the right thing -- registering my wife so she could receive her military ID, access the benefits she is entitled to as my spouse, and begin the process toward her green card -- would lead to her being taken away from me,” Sgt. Blank said in a statement. “Instead of preparing for our future together, I am now fighting for her freedom.”
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“Annie Ramos is currently detained for enforcement of a removal order issued in 2005, when she was just 20 months old. At any moment, that order may be executed, resulting in her deportation to a country she has never known. Annie's deportation would tragically separate her from her husband, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Blank, who is preparing for the possibility of his third overseas deployment,” Schreier said.
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