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A review of detention records and family accounts shows the administration has detained dozens of spouses and parents of active-duty troops, a brutal side effect of its mass-deportation drive that is now colliding with military readiness and basic decency.
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A review of detention records and family accounts shows the administration has detained dozens of spouses and parents of active-duty troops, a brutal side effect of its mass-deportation drive that is now colliding with military readiness and basic decency.
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