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Marines 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 whos also a U.S. Marine, is expecting her first child. The trio was stopped at the bases 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
(10,848 posts)dalton99a
(90,854 posts)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
(1,202 posts)Chris was, after all, undocumented
soldierant
(9,052 posts)they might have recognized a kindred spirit and recruited him instead.
Wounded Bear
(63,264 posts)surfered
(9,875 posts)liberalgunwilltravel
(962 posts)For Stephen Miller to meet some Recon Marines, up close and personal.
maxsolomon
(37,608 posts)They have no mercy.
pandr32
(13,544 posts)So much for "the worst of the worst."
AZLD4Candidate
(6,701 posts)pandr32
(13,544 posts)I came from Canada.
It is a time of high anxiety. Hugs.
Wednesdays
(21,094 posts)If you have white skin, you're perfectly fine.
pandr32
(13,544 posts)Canada is no longer a friendly neighbor according to our present regime here.
IbogaProject
(5,206 posts)I'd guess the Administration is hoping one or more will do something horrible and blame it away from themselves.
orangecrush
(27,057 posts)lame54
(38,658 posts)Propaganda
They are his anchor
DFW
(59,164 posts)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
(306 posts)It's the cruelty. The power to inflict pain on others.
nycbos
(6,590 posts)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)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)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)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
(22,647 posts)North Coast Lawyer
(218 posts)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!