The Independent:

An alleged ex-Iranian Army sniper, detained by ICE agents in Alabama, may now be forced to leave behind his pregnant wife as he faces deportation.

Ribvar Karimi was among a group of 11 Iranian nationals who were arrested over the weekend and accused of being in the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Karimi “reportedly served as an Iranian Army sniper” between 2018 and 2021, the DHS said Tuesday.

Karimi allegedly entered the U.S. in October last year on a K-1 visa, which is issued to a foreign national who is a fiancé or fiancée of a U.S. citizen. The document requires a couple to marry within 90 days of entry.

Morgan Karimi, however, contests that she and Karimi did marry within the 90-day window and that her husband was mistakenly swept up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The Blount County resident, who is 31 weeks pregnant, revealed she first met Karimi online in February 2019 while playing Call of Duty Mobile, according to a website dedicated to the couple’s wedding.

“He came to the U.S. LEGALLY on a K1 fiancé visa. We followed all the rules—got married within the 90-day window just like we were supposed to,” Morgan Karimi said of her husband in a Facebook plea. “We’ve done everything by the book.”

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