Has The Government Been Deporting Veterans?

As the Obama administration offers wholesale amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants from Central and South America, hundreds of non-citizen military veterans are being deported by the federal government, according to a new report published by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday. Some of the veterans served in Vietnam and foreign engagements several decades ago. Others fought for the United States in battles waged over the last couple of years. “The majority were legal U.S. residents for decades,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

Despite have served their newly-adopted country valiantly, the federal government opted to throw the kitchen sink of immigration law at these war veterans. Many of those being targeted have been accused of low-level offenses, and sometimes even less. “The majority were swept up in changes to immigration law that expanded the offenses for which noncitizens can be deported and stripped immigration judges of discretionary authority,” adds The Journal.