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• The actual number of detentions is likely much higher than the 52 cases the AP found.

• The policy was implemented under President George W. Bush in 2007 and codified under President Barack Obama.

• Experts warn that the reversal could undermine military preparedness even as the U.S. is at war in Iran.

• Between January 2025 and March 2026, nearly 39,000 arrests were recorded in Florida, according to data from the Associated Press cited by WLRN.

• The Pentagon declined to comment on the AP’s findings.

• The AP found that parents and spouses of service members are now routinely being detained for months as they try to adjust their legal status.

• Marine Corps officials stopped advertising enlistment as a way to protect immigrant family members in June 2025.

• CNN and the AP explicitly noted the autism claim as false.

• Military parole‑in‑place allows spouses, children and parents of active‑duty service members and veterans to obtain legal immigration status from within the United States.

• The AP obtained information by analyzing thousands of federal court records compiled by Habeas Dockets, reviewing existing media coverage, and verifying information with family members and attorneys.

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• Maisa Lopes Eliaser was held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center on Aug. 2, 2026.

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• The Trump administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active‑duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda.

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• Sebastian Ralios Tino was detained this summer after living in the United States for nearly two decades without legal status.

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• Anh Dung Cong Tran, known as “Tony,” was deported in July after an assault conviction.

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• The actual number of detentions is likely much higher than the 52 cases the AP found.

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• More than 50 parents and spouses of active‑duty service members have been detained since Trump took office for a second term, and at least six have been deported and one self‑deported.

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• Cristy, the wife of Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez, was detained outside a Walmart in front of their six‑year‑old daughter in July.

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• The policy was implemented under President George W. Bush in 2007 and codified under President Barack Obama.

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• Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin intervened to secure the release of a handful of detained service members’ spouses.

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• Parents and spouses of people in the military have generally been shielded from deportation under bipartisan consensus for decades.

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• At least eight immediate family members of U.S. service members remain in federal immigration custody.

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• Ramirez Zavala spent most of his life in the United States working as a ranch hand in rural Illinois.

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• Luis Alberto Ramirez Zavala was detained by immigration officials last month and deported to Mexico roughly two weeks later.

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• Experts warn that the reversal could undermine military preparedness even as the U.S. is at war in Iran.

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• Maisa Lopes Eliaser was detained in early July 2026 while trying to change her immigration status.

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• Ursula Borja Valle was detained at an immigration appointment in August 2025 and deported to Mexico within a week.

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• A new policy implemented in April 2025 states that “military service alone does not exempt aliens from the consequences of violating U.S. immigration laws.”

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• Under Trump, the average time to receive military parole‑in‑place has more than doubled to 12 months, according to USCIS data.

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• The AP found that parents and spouses of service members are now routinely being detained for months as they try to adjust their legal status.

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• The Department of Homeland Security does not compile data on these detention cases.

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• Marine Corps officials stopped advertising enlistment as a way to protect immigrant family members in June 2025.

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• Military parole‑in‑place allows spouses, children and parents of active‑duty service members and veterans to obtain legal immigration status from within the United States.

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• The AP obtained information by analyzing thousands of federal court records compiled by Habeas Dockets, reviewing existing media coverage, and verifying information with family members and attorneys.

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