But one Scott Depot couple is in the middle of a battle to save their marriage, not from themselves, but from the government whose already thrown the husband in jail and is leaving the wife in the dark.

Samantha Menezes' said her wedding was a dream come true.

"From the first time I saw him, I mean, I was out with my cousin and I said I'm going to marry that man," she said.

That man is Jeferson Chaves-Menezes from Brazil. They married in April and then hired an attorney to file to get his work visa.

"We told her our story and everything and she said that everything would be ok," said Menezes.

Everything appeared to be going smoothly, until six months passed without any update on his status.

"They said 'yeah it's taking longer than the normal processing time so you need to go to your local office and just sit down with them and see what's wrong,'" Menezes said.

On Oct. 31, she and her husband went to the regional office for Citizenship and Immigration Services in Charleston in search of a resolution to his work visa.

The hope was for him to get a job, stay here in America and continue their life together in Scott Depot. But instead two officers came out, put him cuffs and he was taken to the South Central Regional Jail.

"They just took him," Menezes said.

She says agents at the ISC told her a warrant was issued two years ago after Jeferson failed to appear in court, part of his immigration processing when he entered the country.

But Samantha said her husband never received a notice to go to court and no one with Immigration Services said a thing about it when they began paperwork in April, or during the subsequent visits in June and July.

"We have criminals that do worse things that don't get that type of punishment. You know his only mistake was loving me," said Menezes.

Now Jeferson faces deportation, a 10-year ban from entering the states and ultimately a long distance marriage held together with love and government red tape.

"We got married because we love each other and forever and if he's gone what am I going to do," said Menezes.

Jeferson was transported Wednesday morning to the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center in York, Pa., for deportation processing.

Requests to speak to Jeferson in jail were approved by him, but access was not granted by the South Central Regional Jail. Calls to Immigration Services were not returned.