More military families come forward with deportation fears

By: Tara Copp, Military Times

The day after the first family stepped forward, more followed.

In the wake of a Military Times story published Feb. 28 about a retired soldier’s wife who was facing deportation under the latest Department of Homeland Security policies, others from the military community reached out with similar stories of fear and uncertainty regarding immigration rules.

There are policies in place to protect undocumented spouses, children and parents of military personnel. But each family that contacted the Military Times described long bureaucratic delays as cases were transferred between government offices or agents and thousands of dollars spent on legal bills, only to find that the particulars of their cases led them back to square one.