Sgt First Class Jose Serrano and his wife, Deisy Rivera Ortega. Photograph: Obtained by The Guardian A US army sergeant with 27 years of military service – including deployment to Afghanistan – has said that federal immigration agents recently arrested his wife during an appointment at an immigration office in El Paso, Texas. In an interview with CBS News published Monday, Sgt First Class Jose Serrano said that Deisy Rivera Ortega, a Salvadoran and his wife, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers under the command of the Trump administration despite receiving legal protection in 2019 that bars her from being deported to El Salvador. Rivera Ortega, who wed Serrano in 2022, has been in the US since 2016, he said. “I don’t really understand why, because she followed the rules of immigration by the T since day one,” Serrano, 51, told CBS News of her detention. A US army sergeant with 27 years of military service – including deployment to Afghanistan – has said that federal immigration agents recently arrested his wife during an appointment at an immigration office in El Paso, Texas. In an interview with CBS News published Monday, Sgt First Class Jose Serrano said that Deisy Rivera Ortega, a Salvadoran and his wife, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers under the command of the Trump administration despite receiving legal protection in 2019 that bars her from being deported to El Salvador. Rivera Ortega, who wed Serrano in 2022, has been in the US since 2016, he said. “I don’t really understand why, because she followed the rules of immigration by the T since day one,” Serrano, 51, told CBS News of her detention… Source: Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’ | US immigration | The Guardian Post navigation