Deported U.S. Military Veterans Demonstration at Playas De Tijuana
Deported U.S. Military Veterans Demonstration at Playas De Tijuana
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Veterans Without Borders, Banished Veterans and Coalicion Humanitaria Promigrante CHIP gathered in demonstration to promote a petition requesting Congress and the Obama administration to bring deported military veterans back home to the United States. The demonstration took place in front of the veterans distress flag mural on the Mexico/U.S. border wall, in Playas de Tijuana, last Sunday, March 30th at 1pm.
The deported veterans and their supporters were on site to raise awareness about the deportation of U.S. military veterans and garnering signatures for the “bring us home” petition which needs to reach the threshold of 100,000 signatures in 30 days to gain an audience with Congress and a response from the administration in its regard.
On April 5, they also participated along with several other organizations, in the 2million 2many bi-national event. The rally was to promote the reunification of over 2 million families across the nation. The demonstration took place at the Tijuana/San Ysidro international border crossing. The deported veterans and their supporters were on site to raise awareness about the separation of millions of families and the deportation of U.S. military veterans as well as the garnering of signatures for the “bring us home” petition.
The petition reads as follows:
PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Halt all deportation actions against lawful permanent residents who were veterans of the United States Armed Forces
Lawful permanent residents have been conscripted and have served in the Armed Forces of the United States since the Revolution. Only since 1996, has the INA deprived an Immigration Judge when deciding whether a lawful permanent resident should be deported from considering his military service. Since non-citizen service members are treated for all purposes as United States nationals when in uniform, we believe the same principle should apply when the uniform comes off. We request that the Department of Homeland Security stop the deportation of veterans of the United States and that it grant parole to permit those veterans already deported to return to have their cases reconsidered.
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