Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Veteran Immigrants Being Deported

http://www.newsweek.com/daca-trump-immigrants-military-veterans-mexico-philippines-sessions-congress-663023


There are many veterans in the United States that are being deported. While many people focus on DACA recipients they are forgetting the only other group that is in danger, veterans. People do not know that many Mexican and Philipino immigrants enlist into the armed forces without the promise of gaining citizenship at the end of their enlistment. It is due to a law that was created in 1996 basically stating that all 'illegal immigrants' convicted of a crime and meet the requirements of it being an aggravated felony are subject to being deported regardless if they served. A judge is not allowed to consider the fact that they did serve in the armed forces and they have no right to an attorney because non-citizens do not have that right. It is unfair that a veteran who served this country has to get deported for the most absurd reason.

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