A Texas Army National Guard sergeant has spent in excess of $3,000 attempting to bring her deported husband back to the states, claiming that federal immigration agencies ignored her military status and husband's citizenship attempts. Sgt. Nataly Castro, 26, a seven-year veteran who lives in Houston, married her husband, Fredy, on April 9, 2023. Last November, he was deported around Thanksgiving to El Salvador during what she described as a pending family-based immigration case, despite what she claimed was U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) being privy to her military service and the couple's ongoing legal status efforts. Castro told Military.com that roughly seven months later, she has suffered "prolonged legal, financial, and emotional hardship that continues to impact my ability to serve and support my family." The married couple, who have no children and met roughly six years ago, began the immigration process in 2023 right after their nuptials. "We've been waiting for this process to just move forward," Castro, an E-5, said. "It took us 2 1/2 years, but at that point he was already gone. We tried to do multiple inquiries with USCIS saying, 'Hey, I'm in the military. Is there a way that he can stay here in the United States?' "There was something called parole in place or expedited processing for military members, but that was something that for some reason we were never able to work out."