If the Post wasn’t trying to mislead the headline would read: “They served in the U.S. military and hoped for citizenship. Then they committed crimes and got deported.”
I appreciate when people serve in the military. But some people in the military unfortunately are still criminals, and we do not need more imported criminals. We have enough home-grown ones. Thank you. I 100% support their deportation and anyone else with a criminal record who is here illegally (or legally but still not a citizen for that matter).
When I was a SSGT shift supervisor, an Airman that worked for me had been in the Air Force Prison at Denver. He was processed under the UCMJ and confined. When he was released he was sent back to the field to complete his enlistment.
I was the only one told and had to keep it confidential. He was not, repeat, was not, a foreigner. As a matter of fact he was in a theft ring with his relatives, stealing fire extinguishers and test equipment to sell back home on the black market. The Air Force OSI is smarter than anyone can imagine.
A few years before that, a shift supervisor that I reported to that was busted for selling pornography and drugs from his room in the barracks. This guy was a holdover from the draft and was the worst loser I had ever seen.