Tell that to these veterans,
or better yet , tell that Hannity or Rush Limpballs or Ann Coulter.
Is This a Group of Deported United States Military Veterans?
A photograph of veterans in Mexico who were deported after serving the United States military was met with some skepticism — but it's real.
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A photograph shows a group of deported veterans in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez.
In November 2017, during the Veteran’s Day weekend, a photograph showing a group of former military members who have been deported from the United States went viral. Some viewed the image with equal parts
skepticism and disbelief: Is this photograph real? Is the United States really deporting veterans?
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Sgt. Ivan Ocon, who is standing at the front in this photograph, was born in Juarez but came to New Mexico as a child. He served in the U.S. Army from 1997 to 2004, and deployed with Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. He was deported in 2016, and now heads the Deported Veterans Support House in
Juárez.
Ocon told us that the Memorial Day photograph shows them honoring fallen soldiers:
Our intention was to pay honors to our fallen comrades, and give honor to all the fallen soldiers, brothers in arms. We’re still veterans, and we would celebrate that holiday in the United States, but because we are here we just celebrated in our own way, you know? The irony is, the American Flag is right over
the bridge — but we can’t go there.
Ocon said that being deported means that even honorably discharged veterans cannot access programs that they may desperately need, such as those that offer educational opportunities and health care. They still qualify, but have to appear at hearings and meetings in person — in the United States. “When you get deported they basically cut you off from everything,” he told us. “We’re still veterans at the end of the day, and served a country that wasn’t truly ours.”
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