Husband of fallen U.S. soldier deported to Mexico, then allowed back

PHOENIX — The husband of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan was deported to Mexico last week and then allowed back to Arizona after the move sparked outrage.

The Arizona Republic first reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 30-year-old Jose Gonzalez Carranza last week. Gonzalez Carranza came to the U.S. illegally when he was a teenager.

ICE arrested Jose Gonzalez Carranza on April 8 in Phoenix, Arizona, and then deported him to Mexico three days later, according to his attorney. Gonzalez Carranza's late wife, Army Pfc. Barbara Vieyra, was killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2010. https://t.co/ytRa5fY7RM?

— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) April 16, 2019

Within hours of the newspaper’s story Monday, authorities told Gonzalez Carranza that he could return to the United States.

His wife, Barbara Vieyra, was killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2010. She was 22. The couple has a 12-year-old daughter who lives with Vieyra’s parents.

Spouse of Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Jose Gonzalez Carranza was deported by ⁦@ICEgov⁩ , now back in the United States telling his story #fox10phoenix pic.twitter.com/LDfzg5ibVI

— Rick Davis (@rdavisfox10) April 16, 2019

Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who has embraced a tough stance on immigration, said on Good Morning Arizona that the story bothered him and that the deportation was “not right.”