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.
Bull. Thats one scummy lawyer to even try that ploy. Mexicans regularly join the military to be trained in unit operations, weapons proficiency, and as a source to steal equipment from. He knew esactly what he was doing and it was never for our country.