Marine's parents nabbed by ICE as they visited pregnant daughter on military base

[Miles Archer]

Marine’s parents nabbed by ICE as they visited pregnant daughter on military base

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2674179031/

The parents of a U.S. Marine in California were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month while en route to visit their pregnant daughter. The father was deported Friday, NBC News reported.

Steve Rios, a U.S. Marine and resident of Oceanside, was traveling with his parents to Camp Pendleton to visit his sister who, along with her husband who’s also a U.S. Marine, is expecting her first child. The trio was stopped at the base’s entrance, however, when ICE agents detained Rios’ parents, who have no criminal history and have pending green card applications.

“I just kept on looking at my parents,” Rios told NBC News. “I didn't know if it would be the last time I'd see them.”

Rios immediately texted his sister, Ashley Rios, about the incident as it was taking place, the news of which saw her break down in tears.

[bronxiteforever]

1. Kick

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

Rios’ parents – Esteban Rios and Luisa Rodriguez, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico more than 30 years ago – were briefly released from ICE custody following their detention, though with ankle monitors and an order to check back in with ICE officials.

Wearing a shirt and hat that bore the phrase “Proud dad of a U.S. Marine,” Rios’ father, alongside Rios’ mother, made good on their pledge to check back in with ICE officials, only for the father to be deported on Friday and the mother detained indefinitely, according to the report.

[Seinan Sensei]

23. ICE would have detained Christopher Columbus

Chris was, after all, undocumented

[soldierant]

24. I'm not so sure -

they might have recognized a kindred spirit and recruited him instead.

[Wounded Bear]

3. K&R...nt

[surfered]

4. Heartless bastards. Have they tried offering $50,000 in cash in a bag?

[liberalgunwilltravel]

5. It's time

For Stephen Miller to meet some Recon Marines, up close and personal.

[maxsolomon]

6. Pending Green Card applications.

They have no mercy.

[pandr32]

7. Apparently legal immigration is out, too.

So much for "the worst of the worst."

[AZLD4Candidate]

9. My wife is now a target!

[pandr32]

11. Me, too.

I came from Canada.
It is a time of high anxiety. Hugs.

[Wednesdays]

17. Canada?

If you have white skin, you're perfectly fine.

[pandr32]

20. My sponsor (husband) is Mexican-American.

Canada is no longer a friendly neighbor according to our present regime here.

[IbogaProject]

16. I've heard they are releasing actual undocumented criminals

I'd guess the Administration is hoping one or more will do something horrible and blame it away from themselves.

[orangecrush]

8. MOTHERFUCKERS

[lame54]

10. ICE will negate Trump's Gaza...

Propaganda
They are his anchor

[DFW]

12. If I were one of those Marines, I would look myself in the mirror and ask myself:

I swore an oath to defend this?

If they voted for Trump, I hope they realize that their votes helped get their parents deported.

[Beowulf42]

13. Nothing Left to Say.

It's the cruelty. The power to inflict pain on others.

[nycbos]

14. Who did the marine vote for and who did the husband vote for?

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That might sound harsh, but I want to know I feel sympathy.

[haele]

18. I know some active duty Marines and Sailors who are Democrats....

Mostly the lower ranks and minority members. Military Members are not and mostly do not advertise their political leanings, because they have to be able to serve the Constitution, rather than a particular political "boss". 80% of those in the military are there for benefits - a way to reinvent themselves, to "grow up" in a structured environment away from past roadblocks, to get paid and maintained as well as getting an education...to get paid, period if they were stuck in a location where there were no jobs around. Most didn't join to play a live fire video game.
The 10% loud ones that are portrayed as the stereotypical enlisted are typically meatheads who mentally peaked in High School (cannon fodder).
The ones to worry about are the 20% smarter psycho types who joined to kill or maim something so they could play God as well as "Warrior".

[ihaveaquestion]

15. Why is ICE even on a military base?

The article said that ICE claimed it was "routine operations". Since when is it routine to do immigration checks at the entrance of military bases?

[haele]

19. Because military bases are federal lands.

I doubt there is anything the Base Commandant can do if Kegsbreath's office officially information them they are now going to allow ICE to operate from the base, other than maybe not allow them to use the chow hall or barracks.

[pansypoo53219]

21. FDR interned japanese. at least he didn't deport them.

[North Coast Lawyer]

22. maximum cruelty

Maximum cruelty is their goal. Extra points if that cruelty to inflicted on children and other vulnerable people. MAGA and ICE are -- to use a technical term -- F#&king scum!