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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:00 PM Jun 2017

U.S. military veterans deported to Mexico say they want to come back home

Source: MSN/LA Times

Deported U.S. military veterans told members of a U.S. congressional delegation visiting Tijuana on Saturday that they had paid dearly for their crimes, and wanted to come home.

"I committed a crime and I accept it," said Eduardo Agustin Garcia, 59, a former U.S. Navy airman who grew up in Oxnard but was deported to Mexico in 1999 after serving a four-year sentence on a drug charge.

Garcia, who now works in a call center in Tijuana, was among a dozen deported veterans who spoke briefly to members of the U.S. House of Representatives, all Democrats on the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

The deported veterans told of the pride they had felt in the U.S. armed services, some serving in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. They talked about how they missed their families in the United States and needed access to Veterans Affairs services. "I just want to go home," they repeatedly said.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-military-veterans-deported-to-mexico-say-they-want-to-come-back-home/ar-BBBYzpB

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U.S. military veterans deported to Mexico say they want to come back home (Original Post) TomCADem Jun 2017 OP
Let 'm come home madokie Jun 2017 #1
Got a good idea, let's deport trumpy and return the real heroes, our veterans to the US. Thinkingabout Jun 2017 #2
Lovely idea. ATL Ebony Jun 2017 #6
Maybe Russia will take the Trumps IronLionZion Jun 2017 #7
Shameful. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #3
I have a personal story to share on this issue. furtheradu Jun 2017 #4
they deserve a second chance Skittles Jun 2017 #5
K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2017 #8

IronLionZion

(45,269 posts)
7. Maybe Russia will take the Trumps
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 09:50 AM
Jun 2017

since Germany refused to take Trump's grandfather Frederick back. And I'm sure Scotland doesn't want them either.

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
4. I have a personal story to share on this issue.
Sun Jun 4, 2017, 11:14 PM
Jun 2017

Tonight is not the night, though, I am too emotional.
But, YEAH, this is a big freakin deal.

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