Veteran fights mother's deportation to Mexico

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Veteran fights mother's deportation to Mexico

http://www.9news.com/news/article/200927/222/Veteran-fights-mothers-deportation-to-Mexico?hpt=us_bn7

DENVER - An Iraq war veteran is fighting a new battle but this time it's against his own country.

His mother was deported after more than two decades of legal residency in the United States. This is just one of thousands of immigration cases in Denver, which ranks among the top ten overloaded immigration courts in the country, according to the Denver Post.

Lance Corporal Miguel Valenzuela served four years in the United States Marines and a tour of duty in Iraq.

"It was a great honor to be able to say I served my country," Valenzuela said. "I feel like I got out of the Marine Corps just to turn around and face this."

Lance corporal Miguel Valenzuela is now fighting a legal battle against the United States immigration policy which called for his mother's deportation in April, after what he calls more than two decades of legal residency in this county.

(more at link)

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It's the comments section attached to this article that kills me. Depressing...

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1. When, oh when, will the Republicans wake up to the scourge posed by anchor veterans?

Has Sarah Palin been informed of this?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. I maintain that, were her son a, let's say, retail worker, this wouldn't be any less dickish.

And it is dickish. A lot. OK, who'll be the first heartless shitstain to brag "Da law is da law"?

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3. Agreed. nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. Kick