She’s fighting a war for the country that just deported her dad | CNN

Two months ago, life was busy but normal for the Martinez family in the coastal city of Huntington Beach, California. Mom and dad worked to pay the bills, proudly watching their daughters blossom — one joined the US Navy, and the other is a student at Cal State Fullerton. Now the father has been deported to Mexico, the Navy airman has been deployed to the Middle East as part of the war in Iran, and the college business major is trying to hold herself and her family together. “(It) doesn’t feel like family,” Ana Martinez said of her life now. “It feels that we’ve been torn apart.” They’ve been caught up in two key policies of the Trump administration this year: immigration enforcement and the war on Iran. They’re also a stark realization of the fears for millions of mixed-status families, composed of undocumented immigrants and US citizens. “I was able to walk out with no fear with my family. But now I’m walking with so much weight on my shoulders,” Ana, the 19-year-old younger sister told CNN. The Martinezes were a proud military family. Photos of daughter Jessica in uniform adorn a wall in their living room celebrating the girls’ achievements. Humberto wo