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Marine Veteran’s Wife Freed From ICE Custody After Senator’s Intervention

Her return under recognizance follows a federal judge’s decision to reopen her deportation case

Adrian Clouatre takes a selfie of himself and his wife Paola, on May 26, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La.
FILE - U.S. Marine Corps veteran Adrian Clouatre holds his 3-month-old daughter Lyn and his nearly two old son Noah at their home in Baton Rouge, La., June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith, File)

Overview

  • Paola Clouatre was detained by ICE on May 27 during a green card appointment despite being a Marine veteran’s wife and breastfeeding her four-month-old daughter.
  • A federal judge granted a motion in July to reopen her case, changed the venue from California to Louisiana and halted her 2018 removal order.
  • Sen. John Kennedy’s constituent services office forwarded the judge’s motion to the Department of Homeland Security on July 23, prompting ICE to release Clouatre on recognizance by July 28.
  • She reunited in Baton Rouge with her husband, Marine veteran Adrian Clouatre, and their two children and now must wear an ankle monitor while awaiting further hearings.
  • Her case underscores tensions between the administration’s daily arrest targets and the human impact of immigration enforcement on military families.