ADRIANA DIAZ:
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You can just see it in his expression how emotional it was for him. CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ: Oh, he was deeply emotional.
ADRIANA DIAZ:
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What did he tell you? CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ: he served in the military for 27 years, was deployed to Afghanistan on three different occasions. And so the tension--
ADRIANA DIAZ:
00:01:41
Three times deployed? CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ: The tension of his wife, he told me, was deeply traumatic and emotional for him. He has suffered from PTSD, and so he is very elated and happy now that she's back home. So what is next in this process for Daisy? I mean, it's just striking to me that she was already following the prescribed process. What happens now? It's a critical question. So technically, she still lacks any permanent legal immigration status in the US and has a deportation order back from 2019. So she is still in legal limbo, if you will. But the family does have a pending parole in place application, and that is a specialized program for the military spouses and also parents of US citizens who are not in the country legally or don't have permanent legal status. If that application is granted, she could very well get a green card or permanent residency because, again, she's married to a US citizen who also happens to be in the Army.
ADRIANA DIAZ:
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All right, Camilo, thank you so much for that reporting.
