Annie Ramos, a 22-year-old biochemistry student, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at Fort Polk military base in Louisiana shortly after marrying 23-year-old Staff Sergeant Matthew Blank. The couple had been preparing for her to join him as he trained for deployment. Ramos, who has no criminal history, faced a deportation order from 2005 due to her family's missed immigration court hearing when she was an infant. Despite their efforts to secure her residency through marriage, her application for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was never processed after the Trump administration halted new applications. Blank stated they were following the correct procedures and had already engaged a lawyer to assist with her immigration status. The couple's marriage license and other documents were presented at the base, but Ramos was detained when ICE was contacted. Blank's family expressed distress over the situation, noting that the agents seemed apologetic but felt compelled to act under orders. Ramos's detention raises significant concerns about the impact of immigration enforcement on military families, contradicting claims that such actions would prioritize dangerous criminals. She has since been transferred to a detention facility in Basile, Louisiana, complicating her ability to finalize her green card application.