US soldier’s wife released from immigration detention on Louisiana military base | CNN

A US Army staff sergeant’s wife, who was facing deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base, has been released, according to a statement from the family. The effort to remove the soldier’s wife, who was born in Honduras, has drawn backlash from military family advocates who called the detention demoralizing in a time of war and warned that deporting spouses could undermine recruitment. “All I have ever wanted is to live with dignity in the country I have called home since I was a baby,” Annie Ramos said in a statement after her release. Staff Sgt. Matthew Blank said he brought Ramos, 22, to his base in Fort Polk, Louisiana, last Thursday so that she could begin the process to receive military benefits and take steps toward a green card. The couple married in March. Federal immigration agents detained Ramos as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda, which legal experts say has dispensed with the US Department of Homeland Security’s practice of leniency toward families of military members. “I never imagined that trying to do the right thing would lead to her being taken away from me,” said Blank, 23, in a statement to The As