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Wife of Missing Soldier Won’t Be Deported

HeadlineJun 22, 2007

Immigration officials have announced they won’t deport the wife of a missing U.S. soldier in Iraq who has been facing deportation. Yaderlin Jimenez entered the U.S. from the Dominican Republic without a visa in 2001. Her husband, Army Specialist Alex Jimenez, is one of the soldiers who disappeared following an attack from insurgents last month. U.S. forces found his ID tag last week. Authorities began investigating after he made a formal request for a green card and legal residence for his wife. The Department of Homeland Security says it will stop deportation proceedings for now but will not grant Yaderlin Jimenez a green card.

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