An Associated Press investigation found that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. military service members as it rolls back immigration protections for their families to pursue its mass deportation agenda.
The immediate family members of U.S. troops have generally not been targets of immigration enforcement. But the AP found they’re now routinely being detained for months as they try to adjust their legal status through policies available to service members’ close relatives, even as the military recruits by advertising these benefits.
