Hector Barajas

Army veteran Hector Barajas

These deported vets risked their lives for the US. Now, they struggle to return.

June 26, 2017
Conflict

Hundreds of veterans — who served in the US military as noncitizens — were later deported for committing civilian crimes.

These deported vets risked their lives for the US. Now, they struggle to return.
U.S. Army soldiers carry a large U.S. flag as they march in the Veterans Day parade on 5th Avenue in New York November 11, 2014.

Should deported veterans get benefits from the military? Here's what some vets say

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Justice
Should deported veterans get benefits from the military? Here's what some vets say
Servicemen from the US military take an oath during a naturalization ceremony at the Al-Faw Palace in Baghdad's Camp Victory on July 4, 2011.

Some American veterans get kicked out of the country they served

November 11, 2014
Justice
Some American veterans get kicked out of the country they served

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