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Well to be honest this is disingenuous story Capt Dwayne Conyers. I wasn't familiar with the details so I did some research on Army veteran who served in Afghanistan Miguel Perez Jr.
He had reconnected with a childhood friend after he left the Army. This "friend" provided free drugs and alcohol. On November 26, 2008 Perez and the friend handed a laptop case containing cocaine to an undercover officer. Perez pleaded guilty to the drug charge and served half of a 15-year prison sentence.
While Perez was convicted of delivering less than 100 grams of cocaine, prosecutors have said he was arrested for delivering much more and received a reduced sentence after a plea deal.

1. The USA has no obligation to stay a deportation for somebody who is a convicted drug dealer.
2. It is disingenuous to believe that anybody in this day and age is unfamiliar with the requirement to become a citizen to stay in this nation.


Below is a somewhat biased account.
"Miguel Perez Jr, 39, a green-card holder and Chicago resident who recently finished a prison term on a drug conviction, told the court that his life would be in danger if he were deported to Mexico, where he has not lived since age 8.
A three-judge panel for the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected that argument last week.
Perez’s lawyer, Chris Bergin, said the case highlights hypocrisy in how the country treats some American military service members.
“If you’re going to put your hand on your hearts every time at a game, you’re going to say thank you for your service and wear American flag lapel pins and you’re going to criticise football players for taking a knee during the national anthem, it seems that’s all superficial and false patriotism if you’re not caring about an actual military veteran,” Bergin said.
In a statement, Perez’s supporters said Monday the ruling has left his family “distraught.”
“From the beginning, Miguel has fought his deportation, not only for himself, but in solidarity with other green card veterans who have been or who are now facing deportation after having served their country in combat,” they said.
Perez, who has two children who are US citizens, is one of many legal permanent residents who served in the US military then confronted the possibility of deportation to their native countries after committing a crime.
Perez said he mistakenly thought he became a US citizen when he took an oath to protect the nation.
His military superiors never offered to help him expedite his citizenship, Bergin reiterated in court Wednesday.
After his military service, Perez sought treatment at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Maywood, where doctors diagnosed him with post-traumatic stress disorder. He was supposed to return for more tests to determine whether he also had a traumatic brain injury.

Esperanza Perez (centre), mother of Miguel Perez, is comforted by Cecilia Garcia (left) comforts as she leans on Pastor Luis Retamal of Grace Covenant Church, where she is a congregant. Photo: Chicago Tribune/TNS
In the meantime, he reconnected with a childhood friend who provided free drugs and alcohol. On November 26, 2008, while with that friend, Perez handed a laptop case containing cocaine to an undercover officer. Perez pleaded guilty to the drug charge and served half of a 15-year prison sentence.
While Perez was convicted of delivering less than 100 grams of cocaine, prosecutors have said he was arrested for delivering much more and received a reduced sentence after a plea deal.
Prosecutors also pointed out that Perez was given a general discharge from the military after a drug infraction.
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.
Instead of heading home to Chicago from prison, Perez was placed in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and transferred to a Wisconsin detention centre for immigrants awaiting deportation.
When legal residents or people who are here illegally commit crimes, ICE’s standard protocol is to let them serve most of their sentence for the crime in the US, then deport them.
Roughly 18,700 legal permanent residents are in the US armed forces, and about 5,000 join every year, according to the Department of Defense.
After oral arguments to the appeal court panel this month, Perez’s mother, Esperanza, fought back tears. In Spanish, she said she could not bear hearing her son’s fate discussed in such callous terms.
“He defended this country, and the same system wants to throw him away like garbage,” she said through a translator. “It’s so sad for me to think if they send him back to Mexico he’d be just another statistic.”
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2131281/us-soldier-be-deported-america-after-losing-his

Thanks for mentioning me CW5 Jack Cardwell
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Lesson: don't use or sell drugs, especially if you have not become a US citizen.

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Thank you for the video share sir.