US soldier's wife freed from ICE detention as deportation attempt continues

A U.S. soldier's wife who was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency last week was released from detention on Tuesday while President Donald Trump's administration attempts to deport her from the country.



The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, of which ICE is a part, said Annie Yaritza Ramos Alvarado was arrested on April 2, with a DHS spokesperson saying "she has no legal status to be in this country."



Ramos, 22, recently married Sergeant Matthew Blank, 23.



On April 2, the couple were joined by relatives at Fort Polk, Louisiana, who were there to help register Ramos as a military spouse and get her moved in, Blank's mother, Jen Rickling, told ABC News. However, ICE agents entered the facility and detained her.



The DHS spokesperson said ICE arrested Ramos "after she attempted to enter a military base." The spokesperson alleged Ramos was in the country illegally, having entered the nation in early 2005 when she was less than two years old.



Attorney Jessie Schreier was cited by ABC News as saying that Ramos, who was born in Honduras, was 20 months old when she was issued an order of removal. The attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.