U.S. soldier's newlywed wife detained on military base, faces deportation

U.S. U.S. soldier's newlywed wife faces deportation after being detained on Louisiana military base Updated on: April 7, 2026 / 7:55 AM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his wife's deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base where the couple was planning to live together just days after their wedding.The effort to remove the soldier's wife, who was born in Honduras and remained in a federal immigration detention center Monday, has drawn backlash from military family advocates who called the detention demoralizing in a time of war and warned that deporting spouses could undermine recruitment.Staff Sgt. Matthew Blank said he brought his wife, Annie Ramos, 22, to his base in Fort Polk, Louisiana, last Thursday so that she could begin the process to receive military benefits and take steps toward a green card. The couple married in March.Federal immigration agents detained Ramos as part of the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda, which legal experts say has dispensed with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's practice of leniency toward families of military members."I never imagined that trying to do the right thing would lead to her being taken away from me," said Blank, 23, in a statement to The Associated Press. "What was supposed to be the happiest week of our lives has turned into one of the hardest."Ramos' detention was first reported by The New York Times."Our plan was to drive over, bring her to the office to get her military ID and activate her military spouse benefits," Blank told The Times. "She was going to move in after the Easter weekend. Instead, she got ripped away from me." This photo provided by Jen Rickling shows U.S. Army staff sergeant, Matthew Blank, left, and his wife, Annie Ramos, posing for a photo while celebrating their wedding, in March, 2026, in Houston.  Jen Rickling / AP Ramos entered the U.S. in 2005, when she was younger than 2 years old. That sam...