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Miles Archer

(20,574 posts)
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 10:33 AM Oct 13

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

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.

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Marine's parents nabbed by ICE as they visited pregnant daughter on military base (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 13 OP
Kick bronxiteforever Oct 13 #1
Kick dalton99a Oct 13 #2
ICE would have detained Christopher Columbus Seinan Sensei Oct 13 #23
I'm not so sure - soldierant Oct 14 #24
K&R...nt Wounded Bear Oct 13 #3
Heartless bastards. Have they tried offering $50,000 in cash in a bag? surfered Oct 13 #4
It's time liberalgunwilltravel Oct 13 #5
Pending Green Card applications. maxsolomon Oct 13 #6
Apparently legal immigration is out, too. pandr32 Oct 13 #7
My wife is now a target! AZLD4Candidate Oct 13 #9
Me, too. pandr32 Oct 13 #11
Canada? Wednesdays Oct 13 #17
My sponsor (husband) is Mexican-American. pandr32 Oct 13 #20
I've heard they are releasing actual undocumented criminals IbogaProject Oct 13 #16
MOTHERFUCKERS orangecrush Oct 13 #8
ICE will negate Trump's Gaza... lame54 Oct 13 #10
If I were one of those Marines, I would look myself in the mirror and ask myself: DFW Oct 13 #12
Nothing Left to Say. Beowulf42 Oct 13 #13
Who did the marine vote for and who did the husband vote for? nycbos Oct 13 #14
I know some active duty Marines and Sailors who are Democrats.... haele Oct 13 #18
Why is ICE even on a military base? ihaveaquestion Oct 13 #15
Because military bases are federal lands. haele Oct 13 #19
FDR interned japanese. at least he didn't deport them. pansypoo53219 Oct 13 #21
maximum cruelty North Coast Lawyer Oct 13 #22

dalton99a

(90,854 posts)
2. Kick
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 10:57 AM
Oct 13
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.

pandr32

(13,544 posts)
20. My sponsor (husband) is Mexican-American.
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 04:59 PM
Oct 13

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

IbogaProject

(5,206 posts)
16. I've heard they are releasing actual undocumented criminals
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 03:53 PM
Oct 13

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

DFW

(59,164 posts)
12. If I were one of those Marines, I would look myself in the mirror and ask myself:
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 01:09 PM
Oct 13

I swore an oath to defend this?

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

nycbos

(6,590 posts)
14. Who did the marine vote for and who did the husband vote for?
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 01:22 PM
Oct 13

Last edited Mon Oct 13, 2025, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)

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

haele

(14,756 posts)
18. I know some active duty Marines and Sailors who are Democrats....
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 04:09 PM
Oct 13

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

(4,190 posts)
15. Why is ICE even on a military base?
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 02:16 PM
Oct 13

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

(14,756 posts)
19. Because military bases are federal lands.
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 04:12 PM
Oct 13

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.

North Coast Lawyer

(218 posts)
22. maximum cruelty
Mon Oct 13, 2025, 07:15 PM
Oct 13

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!

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