US Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan has been deported to Mexico

CNN ^ | March 25, 2018 | Theresa Waldrop

[where's_the_Outrage?]

A US Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan has been deported to Mexico, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

The deportation follows an earlier decision by US authorities to deny Miguel Perez's citizenship application because of a felony drug conviction, despite his service and the PTSD he says it caused.

Perez, 39, was escorted across the US-Mexico border from Texas and handed over to Mexican authorities Friday, ICE said in a statement.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Get a general discharge for drug use and get caught dealing, don't expect to fall back on being a Vet.

[thingumbob]

+1.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

If not for the dealing, I’d be more sympathetic.

[Midwesterner53]

Exactly, being a vet does not cover for breaking the law. Bye bye!

[orionrising]

takes till paragraph 9 that they mention he had 2 POUNDS of coke..

[ripnbang]

Thank you for your service, but time to go.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He and his whole crew probably enlisted at the same time.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

No mention of drugs in the title. Funny they left that out

[Electric Graffiti]

45,999,999 to go...

[Gay State Conservative]

How many years at the Disciplinary Barracks would he have gotten if he was convicted of dealing at court-martial?

[iowamark]

He sold 2 pounds(!) of cocaine to an undercover cop. He was not a small scale dealer.

[blueplum]

not for 2 pounds of coke, dude

[Spruce]

Perez was born in Mexico and came to the United States at age 8 when his father, Miguel Perez Sr., a semi-pro soccer player, moved the family to Chicago because of a job offer

... Anchor baby

Perez enlisted in the Army in 2001, just months before 9/11. He served in Afghanistan from October 2002 to April 2003 and again from May to October 2003.

... Ok, this is good on him. I respect this. However...

He left the Army in 2004 with a general discharge after he was caught smoking marijuana on base.

... He didn't "leave". He was booted. Not uncommon. And he could still redeem himself, however...

In 2010, he was convicted in Cook County, Illinois, on charges related to delivering more than 2 pounds of cocaine to an undercover officer. He was sentenced to 15 years, and had served half his sentence when ICE began deportation proceedings.


Well, Bye.

[Reno89519]

+2

[Flick Lives]

Perez has said he was surprised to be in ICE detention and mistakenly believed that enlisting in the Army would automatically give him US citizenship, according to his lawyer, Chris Bergin. His retroactive application for citizenship was denied earlier this month. While there are provisions for expediting troops’ naturalization process, a main requirement is that the applicant demonstrate “good moral character,” and the drug conviction was enough to sway the decision against his application, Bergin said.

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Yeah. Trying to deal 2 pounds of coke to an undercover agent sort of blows the “good moral character” bit.

[SaveFerris]

Paragraph 9?

Figures. Well, he’ll join the drug trade in Mexico and be right back to work. Just watch.

[goldstategop]

If you commit a felony crime, you’re ineligible for US citizenship. Simple and straight.

[zerosix]

“One is a lonely number....”

[SaveFerris]

[No mention of drugs in the title. Funny they left that out]

Probably an accidental oversight on the part of CNN.

No way they’d lie to their brilliant liberal viewers.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

So Russia’s current military is estimated to have about 25-35% muslims serving, possibly more.

How many illegals like this guy, currently make up America’s armed forces?