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ICE Frees Soldier’s Wife After Arrest at Louisiana Army Base

Her 2005 deportation order still applies, highlighting a rollback of discretion for military families.

Liberaron a la esposa del militar, pero aún puede ser deportada de EE.UU.
ALERTA ROJA, inmigrantes indocumentados y legales en EE. UU.: agente del ICE ARRESTAN a esposa de un soldado estadounidense en base militar

Overview

  • Annie Ramos, detained at Fort Polk last Thursday, was released Tuesday after nearly a week in ICE custody at the Basile detention center in Louisiana.
  • DHS said agents acted because Ramos lacks legal status and has a final deportation order issued in 2005 when her family missed an immigration hearing.
  • Ramos, 22, had gone to the base with her husband, Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Blank, to get a military ID and start spouse benefits after their late‑March wedding in Houston.
  • The couple had hired an attorney to begin her green card process, and her lawyers now plan to seek relief by reopening the old case after a DACA application she filed in 2020 was never processed.
  • Immigration specialists and military advocates say DHS once used tools like parole in place for service members’ families, but practices tightened after a 2025 policy change, prompting concerns about troop morale and drawing support from Blank’s chain of command and some lawmakers.