Current Events > U.S. army veteran breaks the law, gets deported to Mexico

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iPhone_7
03/25/18 6:37:34 PM
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- 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.

- 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. He had been in the agency's custody since 2016.

- Perez, his family and supporters, who include Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, had argued that his wartime service to the country had earned him the right to stay in the US and to receive mental health treatment for the PTSD and substance abuse.

- Perez was born in Mexico and came to the United States at age 8 when his father

- He has two children born in the US. His parents and one sister are now naturalized American citizens, and another sister is an American citizen by birth.

- It's a complicated case. Perez has said that what he saw and experienced in Afghanistan sent his life off the rails, leading to heavy drinking, a drug addiction and ultimately to his felony conviction

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/25/us/us-veteran-deported-to-mexico/index.html

Criminal scum. Why is the army allowing undocumented immigrants to serve? Close this loophole. Let every undocumented know that fighting for this country does not entitle them go citizenship. This guy is no American. #MAGA #TrumpThatB**** #BuildTheWall
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Sativa_Rose
03/25/18 6:38:41 PM
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Service should guarantee citizenship. It doesn't actually do that I don't think.
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megamanfreakXD
03/25/18 6:38:50 PM
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waffles or pancakes?
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Pow Pow Punishment
03/25/18 6:40:57 PM
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As a Dreamer myself I don't have too much sympathy for someone distributing that much coke and then getting his status in jeopardy.
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Bloodmoon77
03/25/18 6:42:30 PM
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Fair next. Being a veteran doesn't make you a special snow flake to the law.
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Zeeak4444
03/25/18 6:45:07 PM
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So much fair next.

Two pounds of coke. PTSD didn't cause that.
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VTBM
03/25/18 6:45:33 PM
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TommyG663513
03/25/18 6:46:21 PM
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megamanfreakXD posted...
waffles or pancakes?


French Toast
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s0nicfan
03/25/18 6:47:00 PM
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iPhone_7 posted...
In 2010, he was convicted in Cook County, Illinois, on charges related to delivering more than 2 pounds of cocaine to an undercover officer.

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gmanthebest
03/25/18 6:47:35 PM
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VTBM posted...
Maybe he shouldn't have been selling coke.

This.
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darkprince45
03/25/18 6:48:16 PM
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Completely fair. There was so many and are so many programs to help in the army and for veterans.

Not an excuse I've had many people with PTSD in my units and teams that doesn't mean you sell pounds of coke lol
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-Bungle-
03/25/18 6:53:25 PM
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I'm hugely in favor of the wall, but this guy should get pardoned.
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LepartialJury
03/27/18 3:33:51 AM
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wtf
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Old NoiseTank
03/27/18 3:43:10 AM
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helluva drug
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ModLogic
03/27/18 3:43:31 AM
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Thompson
03/27/18 3:49:23 AM
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He broke the law and was sent to prison. Sounds fair to me. Deporting him to Mexico (to a Mexican jail?) seems a tad petty, though.
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Sativa_Rose
03/27/18 3:50:36 AM
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He should have applied for citizenship when he had the chance

Don't procrastinate, kids!
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PBusted
03/29/18 1:36:39 AM
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At least he didn't do it when trump put his drug dealing death penalty act into law. /s
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LepartialJury
03/31/18 5:48:36 AM
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wtf
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KillCommunism
03/31/18 6:02:59 AM
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Fuck him.... he should've known better.
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JE19426
03/31/18 6:08:37 AM
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Pretty disgusting.
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DuneMan
03/31/18 6:25:25 AM
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Sativa_Rose posted...
Service should guarantee citizenship. It doesn't actually do that I don't think.

Only in Starship Troopers.
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Cal12
03/31/18 6:40:07 AM
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Where do we draw the line either way at what PTSD is allowed to excuse? Pretty sure there is a lot of thought process involved in selling drugs so not a good look for this guy to use as an excuse.
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LepartialJury
04/02/18 2:22:39 AM
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Why was he drug dealing
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PBusted
04/04/18 4:33:33 AM
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LepartialJury posted...
Why was he drug dealing

Got to make ends meet I guess
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PBusted
04/06/18 6:14:13 AM
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LepartialJury posted...
Why was he drug dealing

Got to make ends meet I guess
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Rika_Furude
04/06/18 6:15:46 AM
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PBusted posted...
LepartialJury posted...
Why was he drug dealing

Got to make ends meet I guess

get a job?
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CarlGrimes
04/08/18 5:48:58 AM
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iPhone_7 posted...
Why is the army allowing undocumented immigrants to serve? Close this loophole. Let every undocumented know that fighting for this country does not entitle them go citizenship.

If they want to serve they should be able to gain citizenship. I went to boot with immigrants that wanted to serve. As long as they pass the screenings they should be able to.
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myzz7
04/08/18 5:51:25 AM
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nicklebro
04/08/18 5:54:50 AM
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Service should guarantee citizenship. But while id usually be on the immigrants side, 2lbs is a lot of fucking coke lol. If it was maybe an ounce a couple Ozs the sure it's easy to say that's for personal use. But 2lbs? You're a trafficker and making money off this shit.
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Kineth
04/12/18 5:46:45 AM
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Thompson posted...
He broke the law and was sent to prison. Sounds fair to me. Deporting him to Mexico (to a Mexican jail?) seems a tad petty, though.


Agreed. The man fought for this country and was brought here by his parents and, on top of that, the rest of his immediate family went through the immigration process and this guy fucking served for us. All this will do is engender more scorn for America abroad. It should show that Trump, and conservatives (or rather, the right wing talking heads like TC and his ilk), don't give a shit about military service unless black people are kneeling during the anthem.
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OwlRammer
04/15/18 10:21:46 PM
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PBusted
04/18/18 6:08:34 AM
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Words0fJokeAc posted...
Rika_Furude posted...
PBusted posted...
LepartialJury posted...
Why was he drug dealing

Got to make ends meet I guess

get a job?

That takes effort though
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Flintgrandad
04/20/18 2:04:57 AM
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lol hoth
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weekoldhotdog
04/22/18 4:26:33 AM
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Everyone in this topic is racist to hard working drug couriers that risk it all to make a quick buck. i'm disappointed, CE.
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JordanPeterson
04/24/18 4:51:51 AM
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Aren't drugs decriminalized in Mexico? He can do all the drugs he wants now.
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catboy0_0
04/24/18 4:54:49 AM
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holy crap. 2 pounds? geeze that's a fuckload of blow
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UnfairRepresent
04/24/18 5:35:20 AM
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Drugs shouldn't be illegal
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catboy0_0
04/24/18 5:40:47 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Drugs shouldn't be illegal

it's the principle of the matter. he's defying authority
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Flintgrandad
04/26/18 5:25:41 AM
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lol hoth
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Tropicalwood
04/26/18 5:30:47 AM
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catboy0_0 posted...
holy crap. 2 pounds? geeze that's a fuckload of blow

Man's got to make a living some how.
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darkjedilink
04/28/18 1:47:33 AM
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Sativa_Rose posted...
Service should guarantee citizenship. It doesn't actually do that I don't think.

No, it doesn't and shouldn't.
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Flintgrandad
04/30/18 3:09:42 AM
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lol hoth
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Fishy
04/30/18 3:21:12 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Drugs shouldn't be illegal

Yes this there's nothing I'd like more than for heroin needles to be as common as cigarette butts on the ground

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PBusted
05/01/18 10:31:57 PM
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Rika_Furude posted...
PBusted posted...
LepartialJury posted...
Why was he drug dealing

Got to make ends meet I guess

get a job?

But that'd take effort
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PBusted
05/04/18 5:03:03 AM
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Rika_Furude posted...
PBusted posted...
LepartialJury posted...
Why was he drug dealing

Got to make ends meet I guess

get a job?

But that'd take effort
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Crazyman93
05/04/18 5:05:58 AM
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Sativa_Rose posted...
Service should guarantee citizenship. It doesn't actually do that I don't think.

There was briefly an act that did. But Eisenhower hated it. It was basically a US version of the French Foreign Legion. The exact words Eisenhower used were "When Rome started relying on mercenaries, Rome fell."
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