Monday, February 27, 2012

Noncitizen veterans protest possible deportation to Mexico

By Richard Marosi, Los Angeles Times
February 18, 2012

Brothers Manuel and Valente Valenzuela still don their dress blue military uniforms with the ramrod-straight posture from their Vietnam War days. Manuel, a former Marine, carried out rescue missions. Valente, an Army soldier, was wounded and received a Bronze Star.

The brothers, both in their 60s, are now waging a legal battle against an unexpected foe: the U.S. government. They are trying to stop the country they served from deporting them to Mexico.

On Saturday, they took their protest to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they marched in a demonstration that mixed solemn defiance with unabashed patriotism. [...]

Read the full article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deported-veteran-20120218,0,2322586.story

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