Jose Serrano, a sergeant, said Deisy Rivera Ortega, his wife, was arrested at an immigration appointment
A US army sergeant with 27 years of military service – including deployment to Afghanistan – has said that federal immigration agents recently arrested his wife during an appointment at an immigration office in El Paso, Texas.
In an interview with CBS News published Monday, Sgt First Class Jose Serrano said that Deisy Rivera Ortega, a Salvadoran and his wife, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers under the command of the Trump administration despite receiving legal protection in 2019 that bars her from being deported to El Salvador. Rivera Ortega, who wed Serrano in 2022, has been in the US since 2016, he said.
“I don’t really understand why, because she followed the rules of immigration by the T since day one,” Serrano, 51, told CBS News of her detention.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, told CBS News that Rivera Ortega came into the US illegally. Serrano reportedly said he was informed that Rivera Ortega could be removed to a different country, such as Mexico.
