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Czar, Senator Prompt ICE Release of Sgt’s Wife

5/20/2026

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A czar and a senator intervened, prompting ICE to free Deisy Rivera Ortega, Sgt. 1st Class Jose Serrano’s wife, from El Paso detention after one month.
She wears an ankle monitor, checks in, must stay in El Paso, and is the subject of attorney John B. Moore’s green-card petition.
A 2019 immigration judge granted her protection under the Convention Against Torture, blocking deportation to El Salvador but permits removal to another country.

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Story summary

A czar and a senator intervened, prompting ICE to free Deisy Rivera Ortega, Sgt. 1st Class Jose Serrano’s wife, from El Paso detention after one month.
She wears an ankle monitor, checks in, must stay in El Paso, and is the subject of attorney John B. Moore’s green-card petition.
A 2019 immigration judge granted her protection under the Convention Against Torture, blocking deportation to El Salvador but permits removal to another country.