U.S. Army Reserve Black Hawk pilot Chris Busby, 28, and Stephanie Kenny-Velasquez, 25, went to an Austin courthouse to get their marriage certificate on Dec. 3.

Roughly 48 hours later, Velasquez entered a Houston Immigration and Customs Enforcement office for a routine check-in and never emerged, Busby said. …

Velasquez came to the United States in 2021 hoping to start a new life far from the violence and political instability of her native Venezuela. She does not have a criminal record and presented herself to immigration officials in Miami when she arrived in the country.

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  • IronBird@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    eh, not really unless you commit a crime. the military as a whole just exists as a works program really.

    if you come back or get caught up somewhere, they just bring you back to your unit and put you on restriction till your time is up (strictness depending on your unit’s command)