2026-05-20T06:18:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：卡米洛·蒙托亚-加尔韦斯（Camilo Montoya-Galvez)
得克萨斯州埃尔帕索——一名现役美国陆军士兵兼阿富汗战争老兵告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，他仍在担忧刚刚获释的妻子可能会被驱逐到一个她毫无关联的国家，这将危及他在美国军方长达数十年的职业生涯。
已服役27年的一等军事长何塞·塞拉诺（Jose Serrano）曾三次被部署至阿富汗，他表示自己正申请推迟原计划的退役时间，以便为妻子的移民案件支付律师费，并为妻子可能被驱逐的情况做好准备。
“我的妻子随时都可能被驱逐出境，”塞拉诺在与妻子戴西·里维拉·奥尔特加（Deisy Rivera Ortega）一同接受独家采访时告诉CBS新闻。
里维拉·奥尔特加是萨尔瓦多本地人，今年4月中旬在埃尔帕索的一次移民预约期间被美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）拘留。美国国土安全部（DHS）表示，此次逮捕源于她2019年收到的驱逐令以及十多年前非法入境美国的记录。
被拘留一个月后，里维拉·奥尔特加于上周获释。此次获释正值CBS新闻报道了她的被捕事件并将此事提请白宫边境事务专员汤姆·霍曼（Tom Homan）注意后，霍曼本月早些时候在采访中承诺会对此事展开调查。同时，伊利诺伊州民主党参议员、退伍军人塔米·达克沃斯（Tammy Duckworth）也亲自致电国土安全部部长马克韦恩·马林（Markwayne Mullin），要求释放里维拉·奥尔特加。
“我非常开心，”里维拉·奥尔特加用西班牙语告诉CBS新闻，她说自己“不敢相信”自己能被释放。
与此同时，塞拉诺表示，当得知妻子将被释放时，他的心脏“开始狂跳不止”。
在获释前，移民海关执法局为里维拉·奥尔特加安装了脚踝监控器以追踪其行踪，并要求她定期到当地机构办公室报到。她还需接受移民海关执法局人员的家访，未经该局许可不得离开埃尔帕索。国土安全部在一份声明中表示，里维拉·奥尔特加将获得“完整的正当法律程序”。
尽管脚踝监控器佩戴起来并不舒适，但里维拉·奥尔特加表示，佩戴它是值得的。
“重要的是我现在还在这里，感谢上帝给了我这次机会，”她说。“我们必须遵守规则。”
塞拉诺也认同妻子的想法。
“我的妻子现在在家，这对我来说才是最重要的，”他说。
尽管如此，这对夫妇清楚地意识到，为里维拉·奥尔特加合法且永久留在美国而进行的斗争远未结束。
2019年，一名移民法官根据《联合国禁止酷刑公约》为里维拉·奥尔特加提供了法律保护，阻止美国将其遣返回萨尔瓦多。但此类保护措施与驱逐令一同发布，从技术上讲，这些获得暂缓驱逐的人可能被驱逐到任何其他第三国。
塞拉诺表示，妻子在移民海关执法局拘留期间被告知，她可能被驱逐到墨西哥，而她在墨西哥没有亲属或任何关联。塞拉诺表示，这样的驱逐将尤其具有破坏性，因为美国军人前往墨西哥部分地区会受到限制。
“她在墨西哥没有任何人，一个都没有。而且作为军人，你是不允许去华雷斯市的，”他提到的是与埃尔帕索相邻的墨西哥边境城市华雷斯。
负责里维拉·奥尔特加案件的律师约翰·B·摩尔（John B. Moore）表示，他正在探索不同的法律途径，帮助她通过与身为波多黎各出生的美国公民的塞拉诺结婚，获得绿卡或其他方式的美国永久居留权。
摩尔表示，政府应该重新审理里维拉·奥尔特加的移民法庭案件并撤销她的驱逐令，或以其他方式行使自由裁量权，为她获得绿卡扫清直接障碍。
摩尔指出，里维拉·奥尔特加根据一项针对军人配偶和父母的特殊移民计划——即“就地假释”（Parole-in-Place）——申请驱逐保护的请求最近被驳回。这项福利本可以免除她的非法入境记录，并允许她基于与塞拉诺的婚姻申请绿卡。
“问题在于他们的手脚并未被束缚，他们有选择的余地，”摩尔补充道，他指的是美国移民官员。
塞拉诺表示，他仍然不明白妻子当时是在“做正确的事”——参加就地假释申请的预约——为什么还会被逮捕。“这才是令人痛心的地方，”他说。
当被问及妻子的遭遇是否让他对自己在美国军方的承诺产生怀疑时，塞拉诺表示“完全没有”。他提到，自妻子被拘留以来，陆军和他的上级一直“非常乐于助人”。
“我爱这个国家，”他说。“而且我热爱我的工作。”
U.S. Army soldier worries wife “can be deported at any moment” even after her release from ICE custody
2026-05-20T06:18:00-0400 / CBS News
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez
El Paso, Texas– An active-duty U.S. Army soldier and Afghanistan war veteran told CBS News he still worries about the possibility his newly freed wife could be deported to a country where she has no ties, putting at risk his decadeslong career in the American military.
Sgt. 1st Class Jose Serrano, who was deployed to Afghanistan three times, said he’s now seeking to delay his planned retirement, after 27 years in the military, to be able to pay the legal fees for his wife’s immigration case and make preparations in the event she’s deported.
“My wife can be deported at any moment,” Serrano told CBS News during an exclusive interview alongside his wife, Deisy Rivera Ortega.
Sgt. 1st Class Jose Serrano and his wife Deisy Rivera Ortega were reunited after she spent a month in ICE detention. CBS News
Rivera Ortega, a native of El Salvador, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in mid-April during an immigration appointment in El Paso, an arrest the Department of Homeland Security said stemmed from a deportation order she received in 2019 and her illegal entry to the U.S. over a decade ago.
After a month in detention, Rivera Ortega was released last week. The release came after CBS News reported on her arrest and brought it to the attention of White House border czar Tom Homan, who promised to look into it during an interview earlier this month. It also followed a personal call that Illinois Democratic Senator and combat veteran Tammy Duckworth made to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin seeking Rivera Ortega’s release.
“I felt very happy,” Rivera Ortega told CBS News in Spanish, saying she “could not believe” she was getting released.
Serrano, meanwhile, said his heart “started pounding super fast” when he learned his wife would be freed.
Before her release, ICE fitted Riverta Ortega with an ankle monitor to track her movements and directed her to regularly check in at a local agency office. She’s also subject to home visits by ICE personnel and can’t leave El Paso without the agency’s permission. In a statement, DHS said Rivera Ortega will receive “full due process.”
While noting that the ankle monitor is uncomfortable, Rivera Ortega said wearing it is worth it.
“What’s important is that I’m here, thanks to God, who has given me an opportunity,” she said. “We have to follow the rules.”
Serrano echoed his wife’s sentiment.
“My wife is at home, that’s more important for me,” he said.
Still, the couple is well aware that the battle over Rivera Ortega’s ability to stay in the U.S. legally and permanently is far from over.
In 2019, an immigration judge granted Rivera Ortega a legal protection, under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, that prevents the U.S. from sending her back to El Salvador. But those protections are issued alongside deportation orders and technically allow for those granted the reprieves to be deported to any other third country.
Serrano said his wife was informed while in ICE custody that she faced deportation to Mexico, where she has no relatives or ties. Serrano said such a deportation would be especially disruptive since U.S. service members face restrictions on traveling to certain parts of Mexico.
“She don’t have anybody in Mexico, nobody in Mexico. Plus to be in the military, you’re not allowed to go to Juarez,” he said, referring to the Mexican border city neighboring El Paso.
John B. Moore, the lawyer overseeing Rivera Ortega’s case, said he’s exploring different legal avenues for her to obtain permanent U.S. residency through a green card or other means, based on her marriage to Serrano, an American citizen born in Puerto Rico.
Moore said the government should reopen Rivera Ortega’s immigration court case and nullify her deportation order, or exercise its discretion in other ways to clear a direct path for her to get a green card.
Moore noted that Rivera Ortega’s application for deportation protections under a special immigration program for military spouses and parents, known as Parole-in-Place, was denied recently. That benefit would have forgiven her illegal entry and allowed her to apply for a green card based on her marriage to Serrano.
“The point is their hands are not tied. They have a choice,” Moore added, referring to U.S. immigration officials.
Serrano said he still does not understand why his wife was arrested when she was doing “the right thing” by attending an appointment for the Parole-in-Place application. “That is what is painful,” he said.
Asked if what happened to his wife has made him question his commitment to the U.S. military, Serrano said “not at all.” He mentioned the Army and his superiors have been “super helpful” since his wife was detained.
“I love this country,” he said. “And I love my job.”
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