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The woman of an Army worker who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement aft an migration assignment past week is going to beryllium released from national custody, her husband, Sgt. First Class Jose Serrano, told CBS News Wednesday.
Serrano's wife, El Salvador autochthonal Deisy Rivera Ortega, was arrested by ICE connected April 14 during an assignment related to a pending exertion for an migration program, known arsenic Parole successful Place, designed to support subject spouses and parents from deportation.
Serrano, who has served successful the Army for 27 years, including 3 deployments successful Afghanistan, first revealed to CBS News earlier this week that his woman had been arrested by ICE aft surviving successful the U.S. for a decade.
On Wednesday, Serrano said helium was informed his woman would beryllium released from an ICE detention halfway successful El Paso.
"I'm truly happy, sir," helium told CBS News. "I won't slumber tonight."
The Department of Homeland Security told CBS News astatine the clip that Rivera Ortega had been arrested due to the fact that of a deportation bid dating backmost to 2019. DHS said she was convicted of entering the U.S. illegally, a national misdemeanor.
Because Rivera Ortega was granted a ineligible extortion successful 2019 from being deported to El Salvador, Serrano said helium was informed she could beryllium sent to a 3rd country, similar Mexico, wherever she has nary ties.
CBS News has reached retired to representatives for the DHS for remark connected Rivera Ortega's release.
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