The wife of an active-duty US Army soldier was deported to Honduras on Monday, according to her family and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), amid the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown.
Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo is reportedly at least the seventh spouse or parent of an active-duty US service member to be deported during President Donald Trump’s second term. The Associated Press has identified more than 50 cases involving immediate family members of US troops being placed in federal immigration detention after protections for military families were rolled back.
Villafranca-Trejo was detained on July 11 outside a Walmart near Fort Bliss, Texas, where her husband, Army Sgt Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez, is stationed. He said her detention has made it difficult to balance his military responsibilities with caring for their six-year-old daughter. He has reportedly postponed a planned assignment and now takes his daughter to school instead of attending morning training.
