Posted on 06/04/2017 3:20:46 PM PDT by BBell
TIJUANA, MEXICO — Rep. Juan Vargas, a California Democrat whose district runs the length of the state’s border with Mexico, introduced a set of bills last fall aimed at helping U.S. military veterans who were deported after they were convicted of crimes. The bills stalled, casualties of what he called bad timing during the presidential campaign.
Vargas reintroduced the bills last week, because now he sees “a real opportunity.” He and six other Democratic members of Congress spent Saturday in this Mexican border town visiting deported veterans to press the issue, thinking that President Trump might be receptive to the argument that they are veterans first and deportees second.
These veterans, who agreed to serve in the U.S. military in exchange for a chance at U.S. citizenship, sit at the intersection of an issue with broad bipartisan interest — the treatment of those who fought for the nation — and immigration, an issue that resonates with the Democratic base.
“Hopefully someone in the administration, this time, will say, ‘We’re doing such a horrible job. The world hates us now. This is something we can do that’s positive,” Vargas said in an interview, noting that the administration has been mired in bad news and that the previous White House failed to take up the issue. “It’s a good opportunity for them to do something unambiguously positive: to help veterans.”
Vargas and his delegation brought their message Saturday to the Deported Veterans Support House in northern Tijuana. Here, they met with veterans who served but then had problems before they obtained full citizenship, finding themselves ejected from the United States after running afoul of the law.
Hector Barajas, who is leading an effort to get his peers back into the United States, made his case in front of the delegation and reporters. Barajas was deported
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About the lack of capitalization. Just lazy . Regarding the content just a thought provoking post. Also I think if you want to correct my grammar spelling ect. You ought not make mistakes in spelling or using a different word as in (worse )yourself
Don’t need them, don’t trust them, don’t want them. They should not be allowed in our military. Frack them....get OUT.
That was to help lay the ground work for a Trump win in 2016
I say citizenship for those who serve. Trump should say as much
And Jack Ruby was to make sure the trail went cold?
Some how we have to make Nixon’s, Reagan’s and both Bush’s fault!
And you haven't answered my question.
I’m sure you noticed that entire paragraph where Vargas slams the USA, President Trump and the notion that a country should be able to determine who stays and goes.
Yeah, he’s Mexican Bund. Not American.
Read it. They served and broke the laws of our Constitution.
See too, Charles Whitman.
Well said.
If it didn’t mean enough for them to seek citizenship, and they continued breaking our laws by committing crimes, even misdemeanors, get them out of here.
The first act of aliens here illegally in stepping onto our soil is a crime.
Charles Whitman as well. And he was ultimately gunned down by a Marine.
Trump isn’t an idiot. He doesn’t want criminals in our military.
> If you served honorably you ought to rate a citizenship.
The use of foreign mercenaries to fill out the ranks of the military is the leading historical indicator of a great empire about to fall.
And given how dirty the wars the US has been involved in, in recent years, God only knows what kind of horrible crimes these people are being used to commit. After all, people subject to deportation ain’t going to flap their lips about it.
This is a non-sequitor. If they didn’t commit crimes it is a different story. If they did, there is no story or breach of faith. They should be gone regardless.
Why to illegal aliens think they do not need to follow the law. This article is not about exporting illegal immigrants who served in the military, it is about illegal immigrants who broke the law. What is so difficult to understand?
Why do we have representatives who think illegal aliens of any stripe are above the law? Oops, never mind, it is because we have Democrats who think the laws are just busy work and have no real meaning.
Benedict Arnold was a Revolutionary War Hero before he turned traitor. Honorable military service counts as a huge positive UNLESS later behavior is criminal or otherwise dishonorable. Then the picture changes in accord with the later (mis)deeds.
Demoncraps are the party of criminals. They serve the interests of criminals in every way they can.
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