US Soldier's Wife Faces Deportation



Imagine, being in the midst of war, bombs dropping, people dying and the constant fear of death at your doorstep.. Imagine, putting your life on the line every day to fight for ideals like freedom, justice, democracy and a chance to make something good of yourself. .
Now imagine how you would feel if the ideals you were willing to die for did not apply to the person you loved the most in this world.



The wife of an American soldier missing in action in the Iraq War faces another potential crisis at home: deportation.

Yaderlin Jimenez's husband, Army Spc. Alex R. Jimenez, a Purple Heart recipient, disappeared when his unit was ambushed by insurgents May 12.

Now the immigration status of his Dominican-born wife, who illegally entered the country in 2001 and married Jimenez in June 2004, hangs in limbo.
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