'I kind of feel betrayed': ICE arrests military spouses at San Diego green card interviews

As ICE continues to arrest people in San Diego during their green card interviews, the final step in a legal pathway, some of the people taken into custody have been spouses of military members and veterans, including one who said he felt "betrayed" after serving for decades in the U.S. Marine Corps.

ICE has repeatedly said these arrests, which began Nov. 12, are for overstaying visas. But multiple immigration attorneys contend that's never been an issue before, with an exception in federal law for direct relatives of U.S. citizens, including spouses, who are going through the green card process.

"I kind of feel betrayed, to be honest," said Samuel Shasteen, a retired Staff Sergeant who said he spent 20 years with the Marines, including two deployments to Afghanistan. "We do everything that we can to protect and serve our country. And then they betray us by treating us like we've never done anything."