Army’s deportation-protection promise clashes with reality as soldier’s father is deported on July 4
TL;DR
Grace Ortega, 20, joined the Army in 2024 in part because a military program offered protection from deportation for immediate family members, but her father was deported on July 4, highlighting that deportation protections for active-duty soldiers’ families are not guaranteed in practice.
- She enlisted because the Army said it could protect her parents. Then her father was deported on July 4. NBC News
- Congressional Democrats launch probe into efforts to deport US military members and their families AP News
- ‘I feel betrayed’: US Army soldier fighting to get wife, mother of 5-year-old son, back from ICE WSAZ
- Trump Faces Bombshell Probe Over ICE Raids on Troops’ Families The Daily Beast
- Democrats investigating efforts to deport service members, families thehill.com
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