2026年4月20日 / 美国东部时间早上7:16 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
一名服役27年、曾赴阿富汗执行任务的现役美国陆军军士表示，他至今仍“无法理解”为何自己的妻子上周在德克萨斯州被美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）拘留。
在周日接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时，51岁的一等军士长何塞·塞拉诺称，他的妻子黛西·里维拉·奥尔特加于4月14日在埃尔帕索的一间移民办公室预约时被ICE逮捕。
美国移民法院文件显示，里维拉·奥尔特加于2022年与塞拉诺结婚，自2016年以来已在美国生活超过十年。她在2019年获得了一项法律保护，禁止将其驱逐回原籍萨尔瓦多。但美国国土安全部告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，里维拉·奥尔特加是非法入境美国的，塞拉诺则表示，妻子已被告知她可能被驱逐至墨西哥等与她毫无关联的第三国。
美国陆军一等军士长何塞·塞拉诺与妻子黛西·里维拉·奥尔特加，未注明拍摄日期的照片。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
截至周日晚间，ICE在线在押人员追踪系统显示，里维拉·奥尔特加被关押在该局埃尔帕索处理中心。
“我真的不明白为什么，因为她从第一天起就一直遵守移民规定，”塞拉诺说道，他还提到妻子被捕时持有有效的工作许可证。
“我热爱陆军，陆军陪伴了我近28年。这不是陆军的问题，先生，是ICE的问题，”塞拉诺在采访后续环节补充道。“ICE现在已经失控了，先生，他们正在剥夺我们这些军人拥有的权利。”
塞拉诺表示，如果妻子被送往墨西哥，鉴于军方人员前往墨西哥的限制，他很可能无法探望她，否则将危及自己的军事生涯。
“我们在墨西哥没有任何熟人，”他说。“而且作为军人，我们不被允许前往墨西哥。”
出生在波多黎各的塞拉诺表示，妻子被拘留的情况加剧了他的心理健康问题，他此前曾因创伤性脑损伤、创伤后应激障碍和抑郁症接受治疗。
“这件事发生后，我每晚只能睡两个小时，”他补充道。
此类ICE拘留事件正在增加
长期以来，除非涉及国家安全或公共安全问题，ICE都会行使自由裁量权，避免逮捕美国军人的直系亲属。但在特朗普第二届政府任期内，逮捕美国军人配偶和父母的情况变得更加普遍——本届政府取消了拜登时代对ICE行动的限制，并扩大了可被逮捕和驱逐的人员范围。
国土安全部表示，此类案件涉及有驱逐令或非法留在美国的人员。
在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中，国土安全部称，里维拉·奥尔特加在2019年12月12日“获得了完整的正当法律程序”后被下令驱逐。该部门还称她是来自萨尔瓦多的“刑事性非法外籍人士”，曾因非法入境美国被定罪，这是一项联邦轻罪。
“里维拉-奥尔特加目前仍被ICE关押，等待被遣返，”国土安全部补充道。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻查阅的政府文件显示，里维拉·奥尔特加曾被传唤至埃尔帕索移民办公室，接受一项关于提交“就地假释”申请的面谈。该特别计划旨在为在美国无合法身份的军人配偶或父母提供驱逐保护。若申请获批，就地假释还可帮助这些配偶或父母获得合法永久居留权。
塞拉诺表示，他去年代表妻子提交了就地假释申请，目前案件仍在审理中。他补充说，上周妻子被捕前，他曾向移民办公室官员告知自己的军人身份，但被捕后并未得到任何解释。
“他们根本不在乎，先生。他们说‘我们不能把她送回萨尔瓦多，但我们会把她送到墨西哥’，”他说。
2019年12月，一名移民法官根据《禁止酷刑公约》为里维拉·奥尔特加提供了保护。该联合国条约旨在保护那些若被驱逐回国可能遭受酷刑的人员。这项保护阻止了将她驱逐回萨尔瓦多，并允许她合法获得在美国工作的许可证。塞拉诺表示，被捕前，妻子一直在布利斯堡内的两家酒店工作。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻查看了她的军属身份证，上面标注她是一名现役陆军士兵的配偶。
根据《禁止酷刑公约》获得保护的人员会同时被下达驱逐令，但该驱逐会被暂缓。虽然这项保护使受益人不会被遣返回原籍国，但并未为他们提供获得美国公民身份的途径，也无法阻止政府将他们驱逐至第三国。
过去一年里，特朗普政府扩大了对获得此类有限移民保护人员的拘留行动，试图将他们驱逐至非其原籍国。
帮助塞拉诺夫妇的律师马修·科齐克表示，他已向联邦法院提交人身保护令请愿书，辩称里维拉·奥尔特加的拘留是非法的。“我曾作为军法署署长为陆军服役10年。作为一名军法署官员和战斗老兵、铜星勋章获得者，这种情况简直荒谬至极，”科齐克说道。
退役美国军人、“遣返我们的退伍军人”组织主席达尼察·詹姆斯表示，ICE的行动正在给军人及其家庭带来“不确定性”。
“当保护服役人员的承诺落空时，军队战备能力就会受损，因为如果军人的家庭陷入困境，这支部队就无法做好任务准备，”她说。
Wife of active-duty U.S. Army sergeant detained by ICE in Texas at immigration appointment
April 20, 2026 / 7:16 AM EDT / CBS News
An active-duty U.S. Army sergeant who has served in the military for 27 years, including in Afghanistan, said he still does not “understand why” his wife was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week in Texas.
In an interview with CBS News Sunday, Sgt. First Class Jose Serrano, 51, said his wife, Deisy Rivera Ortega, was arrested by ICE on April 14 during an appointment at an immigration office in El Paso.
Rivera Ortega, who married Serrano in 2022, has been in the U.S. for over a decade, since 2016. She was granted a legal protection in 2019 that prohibits her deportation to her native El Salvador, U.S. immigration court documents show. But the Department of Homeland Security told CBS News that Rivera Ortega entered the U.S. illegally, and Serrano said his wife has been informed she could be deported to a third country, like Mexico, where she has no ties.
U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Jose Serrano and his wife, Deisy Rivera Ortega, in an undated photo. CBS News
ICE’s online detainee tracking system indicated Rivera Ortega was being held at the agency’s El Paso processing center as of Sunday evening.
“I don’t really understand why, because she followed the rules of immigration by the T since day one,” Serrano said, noting his wife had an active work permit at the time of her arrest.
“I love the Army. (The) Army helped me out for almost 28 years. It’s not the Army, sir. It’s ICE,” Serrano said later in the interview. “ICE is out of control right now, sir, taking away rights, as soldiers, that we have.”
If his wife is sent to Mexico, Serrano said he would likely not be able to see her without jeopardizing his military career, given restrictions on service members traveling to Mexico.
“We don’t know nobody in Mexico,” he said. “Plus, as a military, we’re not allowed to go to Mexico.”
Serrano, who was born in Puerto Rico, said his wife’s detention has exacerbated his mental health challenges, noting he has been treated previously for a traumatic brain injury, PTSD and depression.
“Since this happened, I’m sleeping only two hours a day, two hours a night,” he added.
ICE detentions like these are increasing
Historically, ICE has exercised its discretion to refrain from arresting immediate relatives of U.S. service members, absent national security or public safety concerns. But detentions of immigrant spouses and parents of U.S. service members have become more common under the second Trump administration, which has eliminated Biden-era limits on ICE operations and broadened who is eligible for arrest and deportation.
DHS has said those cases have involved people with deportation orders or who are otherwise in the U.S. illegally.
In a statement to CBS News, DHS said Rivera Ortega was ordered deported on Dec. 12, 2019 after receiving “full due process.” It also called her a “criminal illegal alien” from El Salvador, saying she was convicted of illegal entry into the U.S., a federal misdemeanor offense.
“Rivera-Ortega remains in ICE custody pending removal,” DHS added.
Government documents reviewed by CBS News show Rivera Ortega was summoned to the El Paso immigration office for an interview related to an application for Parole in Place, a special program designed to offer deportation protections to military spouses or parents who are in the U.S. without legal status. If granted, Parole in Place can also help those spouses or parents obtain legal permanent residency.
Serrano said he submitted a Parole in Place application on behalf of his wife last year, and that the case remains pending. He added that he told officials at the immigration office about his military service before his wife was detained last week, and that he was not given an explanation following the arrest.
“They really don’t care, sir. They said ‘we cannot send her to El Salvador, but we gonna send her to Mexico,’” he said.
In December 2019, an immigration judge granted Rivera Ortega protection under the Convention Against Torture, a United Nations treaty designed to protect people who could be tortured if deported. That protection has blocked her deportation to El Salvador and allowed her to obtain a permit to work in the U.S. lawfully. Serrano said his wife had been working at the two hotels inside Fort Bliss before her detention. CBS News reviewed her military ID, which labels her the spouse of an active-duty Army soldier.
Those granted protection under the Convention Against Torture are simultaneously ordered deported, though that deportation is deferred. And while the protection shields beneficiaries from being sent to their native countries, it does not offer them a pathway to U.S. citizenship or prevent the government from deporting them to third countries.
Over the past year, the Trump administration has expanded detentions of individuals granted those limited immigration protections, seeking to deport them to countries that are not their own.
Matthew Kozik, an attorney helping Serrano and his wife, said he filed a habeas petition in federal court, arguing that Rivera Ortega’s detention is unlawful. “I served the Army as a judge advocate for 10 years. And as a judge advocate and a combat veteran, bronze star service member, what is going on is absurd,” Kozik said.
Danitza James, a U.S. military veteran and president of the group Repatriate Our Veterans, said ICE’s actions were creating “uncertainty” for service members and their families.
“When the promise to protect those who serve is delayed, military readiness suffers, because a force cannot be mission-ready when its families are left in limbo,” she said.