特朗普政府在推行大规模遣返议程中，已拘留50多名现役美军军人的父母和配偶，其中至少6人已被遣返出境[1]。这一转变打破了数十年来对军人亲属的移民保护惯例，至少8名美军服役人员的直系亲属仍在联邦移民拘留中[1]。2025年4月实施的新政策规定，"仅军事服役不能免除外国人违反美国移民法的后果"[1]。
曾任特朗普时期移民与海关执法局（ICE）副首席律师的Dan Gividen表示，"在我任职期间，移民当局很少拘留服役人员的直系亲属，除非他们犯了暴力罪。我们根本不会启动遣返诉讼程序"[1]。
个案中，陆军士兵Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez的妻子在2024年7月于沃尔玛外被拘留[1]；空军技术中士Wendy Gbeve的父亲Luis Alberto Ramírez Zavala被快速遣返回墨西哥[1]；陆军参谋士官长Alexis Jaramillo的巴西妻子Maisa Lopes Eliaser于2025年7月初被拘留[1]。
这一政策转变已影响军人的军事执勤能力，导致多名军人无法专注工作、被迫请假或延迟部署[1]。专家警告此举可能削弱美国的军事准备能力[1]。
The Trump administration's aggressive deportation agenda has resulted in the detention of more than 50 relatives of active-duty U.S. military personnel, with at least 6 individuals already removed from the country, marking a significant departure from decades of immigration protections extended to service members' families.[1] At least 8 close relatives of U.S. military service members remain in federal immigration custody.[1]
The policy shift stems from new guidelines implemented in April 2025 stating that "military service alone does not exempt foreign nationals from the consequences of violating U.S. immigration law."[1] According to Dan Gividen, a former deputy chief counsel for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration, immigration authorities rarely detained immediate relatives of service members during his tenure except in cases involving violent crimes, and deportation proceedings would not typically be initiated.[1]
The enforcement change has directly impacted military readiness, as several service members have been unable to focus on their duties, been forced to take leave, or experienced deployment delays due to family detention and removal situations.
Specific cases illustrate the scope of the crackdown. Army Sergeant Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez's wife was detained outside a Walmart in July 2024.[1] Air Force Technical Sergeant Wendy Gbeve's father, Luis Alberto Ramírez Zavala, was rapidly deported to Mexico.[1] The Brazilian wife of Army Staff Sergeant Alexis Jaramillo, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, was detained in early July 2025.[1]