{"id":425563,"date":"2026-09-04T00:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425563\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T00:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:36:19","slug":"deportation-splits-san-antonio-naval-academy-midshipmans-family-castro-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425563\/","title":{"rendered":"Deportation splits San Antonio Naval Academy midshipman\u2019s family, Castro says"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO – A family with ties to the U.S. Naval Academy has been separated after the mother of a first-year midshipman was deported to Mexico, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro.<\/p>\n

In a post to X on Sept. 3, Castro said: \u201cThe mother of David Garcia, a first-year Naval Academy midshipman from San Antonio, was deported last night to Mexico.\u201d Castro said his office \u201cworked day and night toward her release\u201d and that he shared the news with the family and David.<\/p>\n

Castro said the mother, Maria, \u201cwas in the process of getting a green card and was doing everything the right way,\u201d adding, \u201cMaria should be home, not torn apart from her family and life.\u201d He also wrote, \u201cWe cannot allow the president\u2019s mass deportation campaign to destroy more families for profit.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED | Castro urges ICE to free mother of San Antonio Naval Academy midshipman nominee<\/a><\/p>\n

In an earlier post on Aug. 27, Castro said he had nominated David Garcia to the U.S. Naval Academy \u201cearlier this year\u201d and that Garcia \u201cbegan as a midshipman this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castro wrote that at the time, Garcia\u2019s mother, \u201cMaria, is locked away at the Dilley Trailer Prison,\u201d and said ICE took her \u201cwhen she showed up for her green card interview.\u201d Castro added, \u201cShe was doing everything the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castro criticized the Trump administration in the Aug. 27 post, writing, \u201cThe Trump Administration is targeting military families and leaving a dark stain on our nation.\u201d He said then, \u201cI am calling for ICE to release David\u2019s mom Maria, immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – A family with ties to the U.S. Naval Academy has been separated after the mother…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-425563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}