特朗普政府在推行大规模驱逐移民计划中，已拘留了50多名现役美军士兵的配偶和父母，其中至少6人已被遣返出境[1][2]。根据美联社调查，至少8人仍在联邦移民拘留中[1][2]。这一行动打破了延续数十年的两党共识，即军人家属应免于驱逐。2025年4月，特朗普政府实施了新政策，明确规定"军事服役本身不能豁免外国人违反美国移民法的后果"[1][2]。
这项政策转变已对现役军人造成实际影响。根据美国公民及移民服务局数据，在特朗普任期下，获得军事保释状的平均时间从不足6个月增加到12个月[1]。至少有一名女兵因丈夫被移民与海关执法局拘留而延迟部署，以照顾其5岁的儿子[2]。美国陆战队已于2025年6月正式停止宣传入伍作为保护移民家庭成员的方式，但陆军和国民警卫队的招募人员仍在继续推广此项[1]。
前美国移民与海关执法局副总检察长丹·吉维登（Dan Gividen）表示，在特朗普第一任期（2016-2019年）期间，该机构很少拘留军人直系亲属，除非他们犯了暴力罪[2]。现役陆军上士亚历克西斯·贾拉米洛（Alexis Jaramillo）表示："这真的让人不堪重负，因为我需要自己照顾我的孩子，没有人可以帮助我"[2]。同时，下士何塞·曼努埃尔·维尔奇斯-瓦莱（Jose Manuel Vilchis-Valle）指出："他们基本上告诉我，如果你服役，如果你光荣退伍，你可以帮助你的父母"[2]。
The Trump administration's sweeping deportation agenda has resulted in the detention of more than 50 spouses and parents of active-duty U.S. military personnel since the start of the president's second term, with at least six already removed from the country.[1][2] This represents a stark reversal of decades-long bipartisan consensus that military families should be protected from deportation, and has sparked concerns about military readiness as some service members face forced leave or delayed deployments to care for detained relatives.[1]
A new policy implemented in April 2025 explicitly states that "military service itself does not exempt foreign nationals from the consequences of violating U.S. immigration law."[1][2] The shift has dramatically increased processing times for military bond requests, with average waits extending from under six months to twelve months under the Trump administration, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data.[1] At least eight active-duty military personnel's direct family members remain in federal immigration detention.[1]
Between January 20 and 26, 2025, immigration authorities detained 125 veterans, placed 34 in removal proceedings, and arrested over 150 direct family members.[1]
Army Staff Sergeant Alexis Jaramillo described the impact: "This really has been overwhelming because I need to take care of my own child, and there's no one to help me."[2] Corporal Jose Manuel Vilchis-Valle recounted misleading recruitment promises, saying officials "basically told me that if you serve, if you get an honorable discharge, you can help your parents."[2] At least one female service member delayed deployment to care for her five-year-old son after her husband was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.[2]
The policy has proven so controversial that the Marine Corps formally halted promoting military enlistment as a means of protecting immigrant family members in June 2025, though Army and National Guard recruiters continue to emphasize this benefit.[1]
Dan Gividen, former deputy chief counsel for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expressed shock at the shift, stating: "We simply would not bring removal cases against them. It was absolutely crazy."[1] During the first Trump administration from 2016 to 2019, ICE rarely detained immediate family members of military personnel unless they had committed violent crimes, according to Gividen.[2]