U.S. war deserter may appeal Canada deportation

Source: Canadian Press

A U.S. soldier facing deportation after fleeing to Canada to avoid the war in Iraq said Friday that her biggest fears are being separated from her children and being sent to prison upon her return to the United States.

Kimberly Rivera, who has lived in Canada for five years with her husband and four children, was issued a deportation order earlier this week. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has given her until September 20 to leave the country.

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Rivera, a 30-year-old Army private, served in Iraq in 2006. She said she became disillusioned with the mission. She crossed the border into Canada while on leave in February 2007, after she was ordered to serve another tour there.

After arriving in Canada on leave, she applied for refugee status.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/08/31/us-war-deserter-kimberly-rivera.html

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Now that Obama is president and the Iraq War is over, I think it's OK for Rivera to come home. Obama should pardon Rivera and others like her like Carter pardoned the Vietnam War draft dodgers who fled to Canada.