Noncitizen veterans protest possible deportation to Mexico - latimes.com
So despite their sacrifice and service to this country, there are veterans out there that are even facing deportation! This is just wrong!!
Brothers Manuel and Valente Valenzuela still don their dress blue military uniforms with the ramrod-straight posture from their Vietnam War days. Manuel, a former Marine, carried out rescue missions. Valente, an Army soldier, was wounded and received a Bronze Star.
The brothers, both in their 60s, are now waging a legal battle against an unexpected foe: the U.S. government. They are trying to stop the country they served from deporting them to Mexico.The brothers’ cases are the latest of several that highlight what some believe is a growing trend as U.S. immigration authorities, in casting a wide net to deport illegal immigrants, also snare non-citizen veterans who have committed crimes, including misdemeanors.
Immigration authorities said veterans who come under scrutiny, most of them green card holders, are treated differently, and potentially more leniently, than illegal immigrants.But critics said few veterans are being spared because authorities have beefed up their deportation enforcement programs and expanded the category of crimes that make people eligible for deportations. The offenses can range from murder and weapons charges to nonviolent misdemeanor arrests such as drunk driving and shoplifting.
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
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when will people realize that serving your country in the military does not make you a more valuable citizen in the eyes...
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