"The fiancee of a Jamaican-born, decorated US army veteran who is now facing deportation under the Trump administration says she hopes his story might inspire legislative action to restore immigration protections for former military members. If you served this country, you deserve a chance to stay in this country, said April Watkins, who is engaged to Godfrey Wade, one of tens of thousands who have been put in immigration detention under Donald Trump's second presidency."
"Wade, a grandfather and US army veteran, was arrested for driving without a license in September and was then taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency tasked with carrying out Trump's mass deportation program, local outlet KENS5 reported. He has been in ICE detention since. Wade's case is emblematic of a rising number of non-US citizen military veterans swept up by ICE under Trump's immigration policies."
Godfrey Wade, a Jamaican-born grandfather and decorated US Army veteran, was arrested for driving without a license in September and taken into ICE custody. Wade has been held in immigration detention since that arrest. His fiancee says his case could inspire legislative action to restore immigration protections for former military members. The Biden administration previously issued an ICE directive and an executive order initiative to help protect and return deported veterans and their families. The Trump administration rescinded the ICE directive after his second presidency began in January. Wade was being held at the Stewart detention center in Lumpkin, Georgia, run by the private prison company CoreC
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