一名代表该家庭的律师告诉ABC新闻，移民和海关执法人员在一名美国陆军上士结婚几天后，在他驻扎的军事基地逮捕了他的妻子。
4月2日，23岁的马修·布兰克中士和他22岁的妻子安妮·拉莫斯与路易斯安那州波尔克堡的亲戚会合，他们在那里帮助拉莫斯登记为军嫂，并让她搬进来，布兰克的母亲珍·里克林告诉ABC新闻。但很快，ICE特工进入该设施并拘留了拉莫斯。
布兰克在一份声明中说:“我从未想过，试图做正确的事情——为我的妻子登记，以便她可以获得她的军人身份证，获得她作为我的配偶有权获得的福利，并开始办理她的绿卡——会导致她被从我身边带走。”“我现在不是在为我们的未来做准备，而是在为她的自由而战。”
律师杰西·施莱尔说，出生于洪都拉斯的拉莫斯在接到驱逐令时才20个月大。
通常情况下，无证移民有资格获得绿卡。服兵役者的亲属也有资格获得其他形式的救济。
“安妮·拉莫斯目前因执行2005年签发的驱逐令而被拘留，当时她只有20个月大。这一命令随时可能被执行，导致她被驱逐到一个她从来不知道的国家。施莱尔说:“安妮被驱逐出境将使她与她的丈夫美国陆军上士·马修·布兰克悲剧性地分离，他正在为他第三次海外部署的可能性做准备。”。
拉莫斯有资格申请儿童移民延期行动，但在长达一年的法庭斗争后，该计划对新申请人仍然暂停。拉莫斯获得了来自梦之队的奖学金。美国，帮助非法青年支付学费。
“拘留一名22岁的生物化学学生，她在这里生活了20年，并与一名准备部署的美国陆军上士结婚，这不会让我们更安全——这削弱了一个军人家庭，破坏了我们的基本价值观，并暴露了我们作为一个国家的堕落程度。安妮·拉莫斯应该被释放，回到她的家人身边。我们的国家和我们的总统应该利用这一时刻敲响警钟。我们在一份声明中说。
国土安全部的一名发言人说，拉莫斯是“在她试图进入一个军事基地后”被逮捕的。
“她在这个国家没有合法身份，法官向她发出了最后的驱逐令。本届政府不会忽视法治。她于2005年2月非法越过南部边境进入美国。在她未能出席移民听证会后，法官于2005年4月7日向她发出了最后的驱逐令，”DHS发言人说。
瑞克林说，拉莫斯“是你对儿媳妇的一切期望。”
“她善良、聪明、有奉献精神:她在主日学校教书，她即将获得学位，她全心全意地爱着我的儿子。我们绝对崇拜她，”瑞克林说。
“我相信这个国家。我相信我们可以做得更好——为了安妮，为了其他军人家庭，为了我们所珍视的价值观。我的儿子和儿媳应该能够在这里，在一个我儿子如此致力于为之服务的国家里，一起建立他们的生活，”瑞克林补充道。
政府数据库显示，拉莫斯目前被拘留在路易斯安那州巴西勒的一所ICE设施中。
布兰克说，他将继续为他妻子的获释而斗争。
“我为能为这个国家服务而自豪。我很自豪成为她的丈夫。我将袖手旁观她，无论需要什么，”他说。
ICE arrests newlywed wife of Army soldier at military base
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested the wife of a U.S. Army staff sergeant at the military base where he is stationed just days after the couple married, an attorney representing the family told ABC News.
On April 2, Sergeant Matthew Blank, 23, and his wife Annie Ramos, 22, were joined by relatives at Fort Polk, Louisiana, who were there to help register Ramos as a military spouse and get her moved in, Blank’s mother Jen Rickling told ABC News. But soon, ICE agents entered the facility and detained Ramos.
“I never imagined that trying to do the right thing -- registering my wife so she could receive her military ID, access the benefits she is entitled to as my spouse, and begin the process toward her green card -- would lead to her being taken away from me,” Sgt. Blank said in a statement. “Instead of preparing for our future together, I am now fighting for her freedom.”
Attorney Jessie Schreier says Ramos, who was born in Honduras, was 20 months old when she was issued an order of removal.
Typically, undocumented immigrants are eligible for a Green Card. Relatives of military service members may also be eligible for additional forms of relief.
“Annie Ramos is currently detained for enforcement of a removal order issued in 2005, when she was just 20 months old. At any moment, that order may be executed, resulting in her deportation to a country she has never known. Annie's deportation would tragically separate her from her husband, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Blank, who is preparing for the possibility of his third overseas deployment,” Schreier said.
Ramos is eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and applied, but the program remains halted for new applicants after a yearlong battle in court that challenges the program. Ramos received a scholarship from TheDream.US, which helps undocumented youth pay for school.
“Detaining a 22-year-old biochemistry student who has lived here for two decades and is married to a U.S. Army staff sergeant preparing for deployment doesn’t make us safer – it weakens a military family, undermines our basic values, and exposes how far we’ve fallen as a nation. Annie Ramos should be released from detention and returned to her family. And our country and our President should use this moment as a wake-up call,” Gaby Pacheco, president and CEO of TheDream.US, said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said Ramos was arrested “after she attempted to enter a military base.”
“She has no legal status to be in this country and was issued a final order of removal by a judge. This administration is not going to ignore the rule of law.She illegally crossed the southern border and entered the U.S. in February 2005. After she failed to show up for her immigration hearing, she was issued a final order of removal by a judge on April 7, 2005,” the DHS spokesperson said.
Rickling said Ramos “is everything you would hope for in a daughter-in-law.”
“She is kind, smart, and dedicated: she teaches Sunday school, she’s finishing her degree, and she loves my son with her whole heart. We absolutely adore her,” Rickling said.
“I believe in this country. And I believe we can do better than this -- for Annie, for other military families, and for the values we hold dear. My son and my daughter-in-law should be able to build their lives together here, in a nation that my son is so committed to serving,” Rickling added.
Ramos is currently detained at an ICE facility in Basile, Louisiana, a government database shows.
Blank said he’ll continue to fight for his wife’s release.
“I am proud to serve this country. I am proud to be her husband. And I will stand by her, no matter what it takes,” he said.
