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In June 2025, the Marine Corps officially stopped advertising enlistment as a way to protect immigrant family members

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The Trump administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops, an Associated Press investigation has revealed, as it rolls back immigration protections for military families in pursuit of its mass deportation agenda.