# 50-plus military spouses, parents detained in immigration crackdown
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Publisher: AP News · published 2026-08-05 · read 2026-09-11

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## Who is named (20)

- [Habeas Dockets court records](https://truthscore.com/entity/0703b5f5)
- [Sebastian Ralios Tino](https://truthscore.com/entity/19af5ad4)
- [Donald Trump](https://truthscore.com/entity/1d81dc68)
- [Maisa Lopes Eliaser](https://truthscore.com/entity/22d8c1d8)
- [Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez](https://truthscore.com/entity/27c2b37a)
- [Maria Elvira Salazar](https://truthscore.com/entity/36f34332)
- [Department of Homeland Security](https://truthscore.com/entity/40cd2acf)
- [South Louisiana ICE Processing Center](https://truthscore.com/entity/51a74c9d)
- [ICE](https://truthscore.com/entity/617574d8)
- [Cristy](https://truthscore.com/entity/6e896ed6)
- [Margaret Stock](https://truthscore.com/entity/6ed620e2)
- [Dan Gividen](https://truthscore.com/entity/7f1543da)
- [USCIS data](https://truthscore.com/entity/8cd88b7e)
- [Ursula Borja Valle](https://truthscore.com/entity/8ec96d70)
- [Luis Alberto Ramirez Zavala](https://truthscore.com/entity/bda4c614)
- [Trump Administration](https://truthscore.com/entity/cd09fe68)
- [Associated Press](https://truthscore.com/entity/de516fce)
- [Markwayne Mullin](https://truthscore.com/entity/e2f9bb6f)
- [Anh Dung Cong Tran](https://truthscore.com/entity/e570dfc3)
- [Mohamed Elmaola](https://truthscore.com/entity/f86f6771)

## Restated (already known — zero weight)

- [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…](https://truthscore.com/claim/11e96aa4)
- [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…](https://truthscore.com/claim/3779f844)
- [At least eight immediate family members of U.S. service members remain in federal immigration custody.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7b92869d)
- [Parents and spouses of people in the military have generally been shielded from deportation under bipartisan consensus for decades.](https://truthscore.com/claim/78485f63)
- [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.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d623e1c9)
- [Experts warn that the reversal could undermine military preparedness even as the U.S. is at war in Iran.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a8b03ff3)
- [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.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4ac64c63)
- [Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin intervened to secure the release of a handful of detained service members’ spouses.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5758b024)
- [The Department of Homeland Security does not compile data on these detention cases.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d85331e1)
- [The AP obtained information by analyzing thousands of federal court records compiled by Habeas Dockets, reviewing existing media coverage, and verifying…](https://truthscore.com/claim/edfeda15)
- [The actual number of detentions is likely much higher than the 52 cases the AP found.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2e322691)
- [DHS said at least seven people had been removed from the U.S. before, at least eight had removal orders, and at least two had drunken‑driving or drug‑related…](https://truthscore.com/claim/d815cb9a)
- [The Pentagon declined to comment on the AP’s findings.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c2b289b6)
- [Luis Alberto Ramirez Zavala was detained by immigration officials last month and deported to Mexico roughly two weeks later.](https://truthscore.com/claim/98d8efbf)
- [Ramirez Zavala spent most of his life in the United States working as a ranch hand in rural Illinois.](https://truthscore.com/claim/86a180d3)
- [Maisa Lopes Eliaser was detained in early July 2026 while trying to change her immigration status.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b190fb6e)
- [Maisa Lopes Eliaser was held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center on Aug. 2, 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0603807a)
- [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.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/cc273f13)
- [Dan Gividen said immigration authorities rarely detained service members’ immediate family members unless they had committed violent crimes.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fa55cd56)
- [Margaret Stock said ICE previously canceled past removal orders and allowed parents or spouses of troops to adjust their legal status.](https://truthscore.com/claim/acb9a72b)
- [Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar said the immigration system is failing honorable Americans and advocated for the release of the wife of retired Staff Sgt. Wilmer…](https://truthscore.com/claim/282f3ab9)
- [From Jan. 20, 2025 through Jan. 26, 2026, immigration authorities detained 125 military veterans, placed 34 into removal proceedings, and arrested more than…](https://truthscore.com/claim/db3190dc)
- [Anh Dung Cong Tran, known as “Tony,” was deported in July after an assault conviction.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2169177f)
- [Military parole‑in‑place allows spouses, children and parents of active‑duty service members and veterans to obtain legal immigration status from within the…](https://truthscore.com/claim/ec2585bf)
- [The policy was implemented under President George W. Bush in 2007 and codified under President Barack Obama.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4b756ee3)
- [Under Trump, the average time to receive military parole‑in‑place has more than doubled to 12 months, according to USCIS data.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d432ede3)
- [Marine Corps officials stopped advertising enlistment as a way to protect immigrant family members in June 2025.](https://truthscore.com/claim/deed6cae)
- [Ursula Borja Valle was detained at an immigration appointment in August 2025 and deported to Mexico within a week.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c4a87ed6)
- [Capt. Mohamed Elmaola said Romero Ralios’s father should receive due process.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2432f4e6)
- [Sebastian Ralios Tino was detained this summer after living in the United States for nearly two decades without legal status.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1490ccae)

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