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РІР‚СљIn a sense, you are still in limbo.РІР‚СњР”Р„lthough lawmakers like Sen. РІР‚СљWith administrative closure, it is like a pause in the deportation case,РІР‚Сњ Sagastume said. But at any time, the administration could file a motion to re-calendar his case, to continue to the efforts to deport him. He has received administrative closure from the government on his case. Manuel is safe from deportation - for now. Image: Valente and Manuel Valenzuela march in the July 4 parade in Pueblo, Colo. РІР‚СљThere should not be a department in the government that can violate our rights and not be held accountable.РІР‚Сњ

РІР‚СљHe should do an executive order that will pardon the veterans and bring them all home,РІР‚Сњ he said. Manuel hopes that Biden will be proactive about deported veterans. РІР‚СљTogether with our partner the Department of Veterans Affairs, we are committed to bringing back military service members, veterans, and their immediate family members who were unjustly removed and ensuring they receive the benefits to which they may be entitled,РІР‚Сњ he said. РІР‚СљThe Department of Homeland Security recognizes the profound commitment and sacrifice that service members and their families have made to the United States of America,РІР‚Сњ DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced. In July, President Joe Biden ordered the Department of Homeland Security to begin the process of allowing foreign-born veterans who were deported to return to the U.S. РІР‚СљThey were discarded.РІР‚Сњ Biden begins process for return has treated these veterans,РІР‚Сњ said Ruhman. РІР‚СљThe phrase РІР‚ВThank you for your serviceРІР‚в„ў really rings hollow when you see how the U.S. РІР‚СљThey are sitting ducks for the cartels, who threaten them with violence if they donРІР‚в„ўt join their criminal gangs.РІР‚Сњ They are usually released onto the streets of Tijuana at night with no money, no phone, nothing.РІР‚Сњ Some deported veterans are reduced to homelessness or develop serious substance abuse problems. The veterans sent to Mexico are often not familiar with the country, said Jan Ruhman, a Marine Corps veteran and veteransРІР‚в„ў advocate based in San Diego. Most deported veterans are sent to Mexico, although some have been sent to Jamaica, South Korea, the Philippines and Nigeria. government has deported, because immigration authorities do not keep statistics on military service of deportees. There is no official tally of the number of veterans that the U.S. She has worked on other deported veteranРІР‚в„ўs cases, such as that of Hector Barajas-Varela, a veteran who was able to return home in 2016 after receiving a pardon from CaliforniaРІР‚в„ўs governor.

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РІР‚СљVery often, service members are assured that all of their citizenship paperwork will be taken care of (by the government).РІР‚Сњ In fact, noncitizen veterans must still go through the naturalization process.Р”Р„long with other lawyers and nonprofit groups, Sagastume has represented the Valenzuela brothers pro bono. military automatically confers citizenship. Sagastume said that it is a misconception that serving in the U.S. Still, over the years they were able to rebuild their lives and live with stability - until they received the orders of removal for the acts they committed as young men. Both brothers were later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and classified as disabled. ManuelРІР‚в„ўs misdemeanors included battery and resisting arrest.

Valente pled guilty to several misdemeanors, including assault and theft. When they initially returned from Vietnam, readjusting to civilian life proved difficult. ThatРІР‚в„ўs what happened to the Valenzuela brothers. It was also retroactive, meaning that someone could be ordered out of the country for crimes they had literally committed decades ago.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљIt took away judgesРІР‚в„ў discretion to consider military service, community ties, family ties and other mitigating factors in deportation cases. РІР‚СљThis law made more crimes, including relatively minor ones like shoplifting and possession of marijuana, grounds for deportation,РІР‚Сњ said attorney Mariela Sagastume. The genesis of the Valenzuela brothersРІР‚в„ў immigration troubles goes back to 1996 when then-President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act.

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