San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to reconsider immigration enforcement against military spouses and eligible family members pursuing legal immigration status.
Jones’ appeal follows the reported detention of a military spouse at a Navy base last month, an incident she described as “deeply troubling.”
She warned that such enforcement could impact military recruitment and place unnecessary pressure on families whose relatives serve in the armed forces.
Detention concerns
In a letter to Hegseth and Mullin, dated October 21, Jones called on the two departments to “reconsider their immigration enforcement activities toward military spouses and service members’ qualified family members as they legally proceed through the immigration process.”…