Ice arrests wife of us army sergeant at his louisiana base amid deployment

In a move critics are calling a heartless contradiction to Donald Trump's 'tough on crime' rhetoric, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained the wife of a US Army staff sergeant just days after their wedding at his Louisiana military base.

Sergeant's honduran bride annie ramos snatched from fort polk as deployment looms

Annie Ramos, 22, was arrested on Thursday while her new husband Matthew Blank prepared to deploy. The couple had already begun the process of seeking legal permanent residency for Ramos, a biochemistry student with no criminal history, through their marriage.

Blank told the New York Times that he knew his wife lacked legal status, but insisted they were doing everything by the book. Ramos had applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) in 2020 but was never processed after the Trump administration halted new applications.

The couple's plans to bring Ramos to the base for her military ID and benefits were shattered when ICE agents arrived at the Fort Polk visitor center, where the family was gathered with Blank's parents. Despite their lawyer's prepared paperwork, the agents handcuffed Ramos and spirited her away, leaving the distraught new husband behind.

Ramos was transferred to a detention facility in Basile, Louisiana, where she remains unable to access documents to complete her green card application. The incident highlights the Trump administration's continued deportation of military families and veterans' relatives, a stark contrast to the president's claims of prioritizing dangerous criminals.