Torres, who was born in Mexico and migrated legally to the United States at age 5, is afraid to venture far from home as President Donald Trump works to carry out his mass deportation agenda. Torres has a green card residency permit and a record of service in the U.S. military, but he was detained by immigration authorities last year under the Biden administration. He fears that U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement raids under Trump could only mean more trouble.
“Do I want to leave this nation? No. I want to serve it. I want to continue to serve my community,” Torres told The Associated Press. “It breaks my heart that I fought for this nation to raise my children in this nation, and now I have to pull my children out of this nation if I get deported. Then what did I fight for?”
There are well more than 100,000 military veterans living in the U.S. who do not have citizenship, according to estimates in recent years by the Congressional Research Service. Despite military recruiters frequently describing service as a fast-track to citizenship for troops and their family members, the Republican administration’s immigration agenda is putting them at renewed risk of deportation.
How is serving in the us military not an expedited path to citizenship? This is insanity.
This admin would have much better ratings if they engaged a well advertised program for veteran citizenship. It’s ripe opportunity and they’re just letting it sit there.
Instead, we have Stephen Miller, bigot extraordinaire, running things while Trump is in decline, so it will never happen.
And green card holders have to register for selective service. I shoukd say they had to, I’m not sure if that is still a thing or not.
Source: https://www.sss.gov/