Army veteran deported to Mexico
Testifying for more than two hours, Perez told the immigration judge that when he was brought back into Chicago for his hearing, he saw the skyline and thought, "This is a welcome mat". Perez' retroactive application for citizenship was recently rejected. He has two children born in the United States.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), who is an Iraq War veteran, criticized the handling of Perez's case.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Perez was deported before being able to say goodbye to his family along one of the most risky parts of the border, with only a few belongings: a toothbrush, toothpaste, a pair of thermal underwear, and the clothes he was wearing.
"If they are sentencing me to a certain death, and I am going to die, then why die in a place that I have not considered my home in a long time?" he asked. "I am appalled that Secretary [Kirstjen] Nielsen did not respond to my personal appeal asking merely that she review Miguel's case and decide for herself whether deporting this courageous combat Veteran was a good use of DHS' limited resources".
"This is a deplorable way to treat a veteran who risked his life in combat for our nation", she said in a statement Friday.
"Beyond the injustice that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has laid on Perez.in his deportation, I would find it shocking to learn that he will potentially be leaving with nothing but the clothes on his back", Duckworth wrote.
Perez said Thursday night that, in addition to what he was wearing, he had a toothbrush, toothpaste and a pair of thermal underwear.
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A number of other USA veterans who served as legal permanent residents in the hope of obtaining full citizenship have been deported after criminal convictions.
He came to the United States when he was eight years old and joined the military in 2001 while on a U.S. green card.
Both requests for relief were denied. Perez has been detained for months, separated from his family and left without access to the care he needs, deserves and has earned. He was deployed to Afghanistan and served with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, where he participated in numerous classified missions, Duckworth said.
Perez was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers after he served half of a 15-year prison sentence for a nonviolent drug charge.
Perez said he discovered the citizenship oversight when he was summoned to immigration court shortly before his September 2016 release from Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg.
ICE agents said the immigrant, a legal resident with a Green Card, was a convicted criminal and member of the Alabama Street Gang in the Canoga Park area.
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