Federal immigration officials scheduled the wife of a Fort Bliss Army sergeant for a deportation flight this week but halted her removal after what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) described as a "legal impediment," the agency confirmed to Military.com. DHS said Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo, a 29-year-old Honduran national, was removed from a flight scheduled for Aug. 17 and that her claims would be considered by the Justice Department. Her husband, Army Sgt. Hedár Leonel Turcios Juárez, told Military.com that the attempted removal occurred Tuesday, Aug. 18, after his wife repeatedly told officers that a challenge to her 2017 removal order remained pending. "On August 17, Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo, from Honduras, was removed from her scheduled deportation flight after a legal impediment developed," a DHS spokesperson told Military.com. "Her claims will be heard before the Department of Justice, and she will receive due process." The department did not identify the legal impediment, explain when officials became aware of it, or say how far the removal process had progressed. It also did not identify the airport or intended destination, whether Villafranca boarded an aircraft, or answer whether another removal attempt could be imminent. DHS did not respond to follow-up questions seeking to reconcile the date discrepancy.