US EditionThis family visit to a military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine’s dad
Esteban Rios was deported despite pending green card applications, illustrating increased immigration enforcement impacting military families, officials said.
- Steve Rios, a Marine from California, said his parents were taken into custody by immigration agents at Camp Pendleton while picking up his pregnant sister and her Marine husband.
- Esteban Rios, Steve's father who wore a shirt reading 'Proud Dad of a U.S. Marine', was deported on Friday despite having a pending green card application.
- The Marine Corps has said recruiters cannot promise immigration relief for applicants or their families, while ICE states all immigration violators are subject to arrest and potential deportation.
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Parents detained, one deported after visiting family at Camp Pendleton
Camp Pendleton. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Parents of a U.S. Marine were detained by federal immigration officials and one of them was later deported after visiting family members at a California military base, a case that has drawn attention to how the government’s immigration crackdown is touching military families. Steve Rios, a Marine from Oceanside, California, told NBC 7 San Diego that his parents, Esteban Rios and Luis…
ICE detains Marine's parents during family visit to California military base, later deports dad
A U.S. Marine says his parents were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after they visited a California military base and one of them was later deported.
Military Times
Marine Corps TimesFamily visit to Camp Pendleton ended with ICE deporting Marine’s dad
SAN DIEGO — Parents of a U.S. Marine were detained by federal immigration officials and one of them was later deported after visiting family members at a California military base, a case that has drawn attention to how the government’s immigration crackdown is touching military families.Steve Rios, a Marine from Oceanside, California, told NBC 7 San Diego that his parents, Esteban Rios and Luisa Rodriguez, were taken into custody late last month…
East Bay Times
The Mercury newsThis family visit to a California military base ended with ICE deporting a Marine’s dad
Marine Corps recruiters have long promoted enlistment as a path to stability for families without legal immigration status, but experts say those assurances have eroded as federal authorities have moved to enforce existing laws more strictly.
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