US federal immigration agents reportedly detained the American sailor’s parents in San Diego, led to the deportation of the father of the soldier.
According to NBC 7 San Diego, Esteban Rios and Luisa Rodriguez, the inhabitants of Oceanside in California in the Pendleton camp in San Diego were to visit their pregnant daughter, married to another navy located at the base when they were detained by immigration and customs enforcement.
The detention occurred, although neither Esteban nor Luisa had criminal records. The couple also has a waiting for green card applications, sponsored by their naval son Steve Rios and work visas.
Esteban and Luisa, Newsweek reportedHe arrived from Mexico more than 30 years ago and spent the last three decades of work in the US, washing cars and cleaning houses to build a better life for his children.
Steve with a comment on the incident said NBC 7 San Diego: “It was scary. It was scary because I was just my life … it was in the back of my head.”
Meanwhile, Steve’s pregnant sister and daughter of the couple said the channel “My brother sent me a message that they had stopped. And as soon as I heard it, I started like Bawling.”
While Esteban and Luisa were originally taken to the Center of Ice Agent and released with ankle monitors, the couple was asked to register on Thursday when they were retained for several hours.
Subsequently, Steven spoke to his father on Friday, revealing that they were held in the basement of the federal building.
Steve’s parents were then moved to the detention center Otay Mesa on the same day before Esteban was deported later on Friday.
Meanwhile, Luisa remains in relation to the ice and is waiting for removal proceedings.
The detention and deportation report comes in the middle of US President Donald Trump to deport millions of illegal migrants within aggressive and restrictive immigration strategies.
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