ICE confirms the release of an immigrant married to a US soldier detained a month ago
Deisy Rivera Ortega, an immigrant of Salvadoran origin detained by ICE for a month, regained her conditional freedom on carrying a tracking device
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) reported having released Deisy Rivera Ortega, an Salvadoran immigrant detained during an immigration appointment related to her application for Parole in Place (PIP).
Her deprivation of freedom gained greater relevance because the Central American is the wife of a veteran sergeant of the U.S. army.
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Rivera Ortega entered U.S. territory in 2016 and did do so through a border crossing close to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
For this reason, a judge issued a definitive deportation order against him since December 2019.
However, she had applied for the benefit of a program that grants family members of U.S. military personnel a temporary permit to remain in the United States while they process their permanent legal status.
Her argument presented was having married in 2022, to José Serrano, sergeant first class with 27 years of military career participating in three deployments carried out in Afghanistan.
However, last month, DHS repealed the policy that considered military service of an immediate family member as a “significant mitigating factor” when making decisions on civil immigration control issues.
“Military service by itself does not automatically exempt aliens from the consequences of violating the immigration laws of the United States,” indicates the new policy adopted.
Based on this, on April 14, Deisy Rivera Ortega was detained at an immigration office in El Paso, Texas.
“I really don't understand why, because she followed the immigration rules to the letter from day one,” her husband mentioned.
Derived from the pressure of a large sector of citizens exercised against the immigration authorities, the DHS confirmed that the Salvadoran immigrant obtained her freedom, but this f It is conditioned to carry a GPS tracking device and to be subject to mandatory home visits, as well as periodic checks carried out in immigration offices.
It should be noted that Tammy Duckworth, a Democratic senator, intervened by calling Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security, to demand his release.