- U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Blank's wife, Annie Ramos, was arrested by ICE agents at Fort Polk, Louisiana, shortly after their arrival at the military base.
- Ramos, an undocumented migrant from Honduras, was taken into custody for deportation despite her recent marriage to Blank, a U.S. serviceman.
- The couple had arrived at the base expecting Ramos to receive a military ID and spouse benefits, believing their marriage would grant her legal status.
- The Department of Homeland Security said that Ramos had a final order of removal issued in absentia in 2005 when she was 22 months old.
- Blank has vowed to fight for his wife's freedom, with a GoFundMe campaign raising funds for her legal fees as she remains in a detention centre.
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