ICE detains wife of US veteran in latest detention of military spouse

ICE detains wife of US veteran in latest detention of military spouse7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleKayla EpsteinCourtesy of Wilmer TrujilloRetired Staff Sergeant Wilmer Trujillo and his wife, Arelys Barahona Martinez, in an undated photo.The ICE detainment of a US Army veteran's wife on Wednesday marks at least the third recent case of authorities taking a US military spouse into custody.ICE held Arelys Barahona Martinez after a scheduled immigration appointment in Dallas, Texas, then sent her to a detention facility in Oklahoma, ICE records show.She is originally from Honduras and first crossed the US border in 2005. She later left the US, but returned in 2018."I just don't understand, we have a family here, and they're breaking us up," her husband, retired Staff Sergeant Wilmer Trujillo, told the BBC. "They're breaking my family up. She's my backbone."The couple lives in Princeton, Texas, and married in 2020. Barahona Martinez has a 20-year-old son, Trujillo, 45, told the BBC. He also has two daughters from a previous marriage.A DHS spokesperson confirmed Barahona Martinez's arrest, noting she illegally entered the US in 2005 and was subsequently released. Barahona Martinez "received full due process and was issued a final order of removal from an immigration judge on November 2, 2005," the DHS spokesperson said. "The Trump administration is not going to ignore the rule of law. She will remain in ICE custody pending removal from the US."On Wednesday, Trujillo took Barahona Martinez to an immigration check-in, and waited while she met with immigration officers."To us, it was as a regular check-up day, we were always doing everything by the book," Trujillo told the BBC. "I told her to do everything by the book. I'm by-the-book, I've been brought up military.""We thought everything was fine, until an officer came out and said, 'Your wife is...