ICE releases wife of US soldier and Afghanistan veteran from detention

The couple had gathered documentation about their marriage, work, and status, according to paperwork her attorney provided the BBC. The couple married in 2022, according to a marriage certificate, and Serrano was born in Puerto Rico, making him a US citizen by birth.During their appointment, Immigration authorities said there was an issue with the documentation, Serrano told the BBC. They led the couple down a hallway, where officers suddenly detained Rivera Ortega.DHS said that Rivera Ortega was a "criminal illegal alien from El Salvador" convicted of the "federal offense" of entering the US illegally. Rivera Ortega crossed the US-Mexico border in 2016, DHS said.In 2019, a judge ordered Rivera Ortega's removal from the US to El Salvador, but in the same court order, granted her a protection known as withholding of removal under the convention against torture.It prevented ICE from deporting Rivera Ortega to her home country due to concerns she could face harm.As a result, Serrano and Kozik said that after her arrest, officials considered deporting her to Mexico.US Senator Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat and Iraq War veteran, called Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday regarding the issue, her office said."I am so incredibly grateful for Deisy's release and for her to be reunited with her family," Duckworth said in a statement.